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indoors. what enthusiasm ought We
'to have who are hunting for immor-
tai souls. II Domitian practiccd arch
cry until ne could stand a boy down
in the Roman amphithcater with a
hand out. the fingers spread apart,
and then the king could shoot an ar
row between the fingers without
wounding them, to what drill and
what practice ought we TO subject
ourselves in order to become spirit
ual archcrS and mighty hunters be-
fore the Lord" But let me say vou
Will never work any better than you
pray. The ola archers took the bow.
put one end Of il, down beside the
foot, elevated the other END, and il
was the rule that the bow should be
just the size OF the archer. If il were
just his size. then he would go into
the battle with confidence Let me
say that your power to project good
in the world will correspond exactly
to your own spiritual stature. IL
other words. the first thing in prep.
ara ton for Christian work is person.
al conservation.
Oh. for a closer walk with God
calm and heavenly frame.
a light to shine upon the road
That leads me TO the Lamb,
There is in forest in Germany a
place they call the deer leap''-two
crags, about Is yards apart; between
them fearful chasm. This is called
the deer leap because once a hunt
er was on the track of a deer. 7,
came 10 one of these crags. There
was no escape Tor it from the DUR
suit of the hunter. and in utter de.
spair it gathered itself up and in the
death agony attempted to iump
across. OF course it fell and was
dashed on the rocks far beneath
Here is path TO Heaven. II is plain:
it is safe. Jesus marks il out for
every man to walk in. But here is n
man who says: Il won't walk in
that path. l will take my own way"
He comes on up until he confronts
the chasm that divides his soul from
Heaven. Now his last hour has como
and he resolves that he will lean
from the heights of earth to the
heights of Heaven. Stand back now
and give him fun swing. for no soul
ever did that successfully. Let him
try. Jump. He misses the mark, and
he goes down, depth below 6epth
destroyed without remedy" Men.
angels, devils! What shall we call
that place of awful catastrophe? Let
it be known forever as the sour.
death leaE.
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WHAT WE HEAR FROM ASSINI-
BOIA, WESTERN CANADA.
.Dont Think of Coming, but Gomez
To the Editor:


To the Editor:
The above is the emphatic man.
ner in which friend in York
ton writes to friend near St. Paul,
Minnesota, and it is pretty nearly
right, too. when the advantages
that Western Canada offer TO those
seeking homes. The Assiniboia dis
trict is one of the best. The writer
from whose letter we quote goes on to
say:
John. if you miss this chance you
are foolish, for you can get out cheap
err when there are so many coming.
and / would not tell you To come if
thought you could not do well. and if
you don't come in the spring you will
have 10 go away back. for you do not
want 10 think that there is no one liv-
ing out here but us. | saw nicer build
ings out here than | ever saw before,
and If the country was no good what
would they want them for? John, if
you sold everything you have and
come out here you would be worth
more than ever you were before, and if
you can bring your team, you can get
anything you want on tick. and when
they do that with strangers they are
not afraid they can't make enough to
pay for it. | saw as nice wheat as
ever saw in my life and if they could
not grow grain what would the flour
ni1i be for. and II cost $4,000"
Now this was what Mr.. Thomas
Fitzpatrick. OF Iorkton, Assiniboia,
Western Canada. wrote 10 friend.
There Will be opened up this summer
new districts in Saskatchewan and
Assiniboia. AT low prices, particulars
of which can he had of any agent of
the Government of the Dominion Of
Canada. whose advertisements appears
elsewhere in the columns of your pa
per. Yours truly.
AN OLD READER
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sarah. what YOU wake me up 80 airlv
err" asked the rate husband sitting up in
bed aud rubbing his eyes
II wake you UP, replied his wife "kaze
dey : big kingsnabe quoiled up ut yo'
feet
Lem stay dar." said TIE husband. adj
dressing himself to sleep again. 'Dey ain t
no harm IN him; he'll keep all de rattle
snakes FUN me, Atlanta Constitution.
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Smith Enl.OIn lfnruN

Is the title OF an illustrated booklet Just
issued BIZ the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST
Paul Railway, descriptive OF the country
between Aberdeen and the Missouri River,
section heretofore unprOvided with rail
way facilities but which is now reached
by new lire OF the Chicago. Milwaukee
4 st. Paul Ry. Everyone contemplating
change of location will he interested IN
the information contained IN il and "A copy
may be had ny sending two-ccnt stamp
to r. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent,
Chicago, III.
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Johnny Paw,

Johnny Wisc- Paw,
Mr. Wisc-Well. my son.
Noah had two OF every being on the
ark didn't he:'
Yes. my SON"
well, paw. it must have kept him busy
herding the microbes. baltimore Amer
lean.
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Vanity. Not Love-"Shc's very fond n
him, isn't she?" Well don't think shc's
a. fond OF him as she is fond of having PEG
pie remark that he is fond OF her. "-Pl.ila.
delphia Press.
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:. III people regard you as their very best
friend, they abuse their kin to you; thers
IL no other proof. -Atcnison Globe.
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Aug. 6, 1898.
"DEAB MIs. PINKHAM II have
suffered since the age of sixteen with
painful menstruation. I have been
treated for months, and was told that
the womb had fallen little. The
doctor says that is now in place again,
but l still have the same pain. Please
tell me what to do. = Mrs. EMMA
KUEiu., liz Trautman ST., Brooklyn,
Z. D., NY.
Jan 10. 1899.
DEAR MRs. PIyRHAM After re-
ceiving your reply to my letter of
Aug. | followed your kind advice,
and am glad to tell you that ] have
been cured of the severe pain at time
of menstruaticn through the use of
LYDIA +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. l have taken six bottles of
it, felt better after the first bottle,
and after while had no more pain
or womb trouble.
- / had doctored from the age of six
teen 20 twenty-six, and had lost eli
hope, but your medicine has made
me well.
- | would like to have you use my
testimonial, SO that others may see,
and be inspired with hope. and take
Your medicine" ~ Mrs. EMMA KuEHI,
H. Trautman St, Brooklyn, l.. d., N y.
Feb. 90, 1000.
al saw your medicine SO highly
recommended thought would write
10 you for advice.
= My menstruation occurs every two
weeks, lasts n week. and is painful. l
have been troubled in this way for
some time. l suffer from sick head
ache and baclachc all the time, appe-
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All men have equal rights. but not eqnal
resolution to reach them. Ram : Horn.
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April %. 1900.

"Since receiving your answer to
my letter l have been taking your
Vegetable Compound, and it has done
me more good than any medicine
have ever taken. Ny menses are all
right now, and appear once a month.
and | feel so much stronger. / shall
always praise your medicine. - MIss
MAGGIE POLLARD, 313 So. 4th St.
Richmond, Va.
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from periodical suffering it does not
should suffer severely Lydia
thorough
relieves the condition
much andre truation of its tcrrors
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tite poor, sick at
s to IN ach every
morning. every
thing l eat hurts
me, am very weak,
thin. and sallow.
- | have tried 3
doctor, but he did
not seem TO do mo
any good" y MISS
MAGGIE PoLIARD,
1919 So. 4th So,
Richmond, Va
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w., - ~ e&sfA<~.4
ness.irregular and
painful menstrual
alton, and leu
corr h oe a. The
doctors medicine
did me no good.
| have taken one
bottle and n half
of your Vegetable
ompOund, and
I h n k S to your
medicine, my pains
are gone. l advise
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L sick head Vegetable
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which special
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Z Welcome Visitor.

AN OLD READER.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
wu's Ideas of American Women.

The Chinese minister. WI Ting
Fang, has this to say of the Ameri-
can women of today:
mo foreigner in America fails to be
impressed with the Importance OF the
role women play in this country. Their
activity in the social and business
world gives certain subtle qualities to
American life not found where the in
fiuence of women is less generally and
definitely exerted
1T seemed to me once that there was
danger of woman usurping mans place
in the world. | have come to think ii
does not much matter if she does. /
believe in the survival of the ittest.
Success, surely, is the only test of fit
ness. Let the women go on, then let
them go as far as they can.
Those who are unfit for the race
will fall by the wayside and only the
truly fit can win .
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

1t is often perpleXing to an amateur
to know what quantity of seeds he
ought to procure for the seasons sup
ply. If he leaves it to the Jobbing
men he may meet with disappointment
or he may not, all depending upon the
integrity and knowledge of the work
man. The best plan is to buy ones
own seeds from some reliable source,
or, if it is preferred to obtain them To-
cally, they should be in packets bear
ing the name of a well-known mer-
chant. and showing the date of the
current year upon them. This insures
that fresh article is beinSe obtained,
and that under normal conditions the
seeds will grow and produce crops
of good type. 1t is mistaken
economy to buy cheap seeds. They
may grow well, and yet the crop
be inferior for want of the necessary
care in the selection of the stock. In
appearance seeds do not tell the pur-
chaser much, as a worthless strain Of
ten looks quite as good as that OF
superior grade. Then, again, size, APP
little to do with the actual quality of
some seeds.
Just the same system is applied TO
seed raising and plant breeding as to
live stock. The important firms have
their special strains, which possess a
pedigree upon similar lines to a first
class race horse or a prize bullock.
There are mongrel seeds in plenty in
every direction that have neither char
acter nor quality to recommend them,
and enormous quantities of this de-
scription are imported into the country
every season, and eagerly bought by
amateurs and others because of their
cheapness. The produce from such
crops is not worth the room occupied
in the ground.-LondOn Daily Tele-
graph.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
Influence of Light Upon Plants.

An abstract Of a recent paper by
Professor MacDougal, of the New
York Botanical Garden presents the
following conclusions, among others:
First-Light exercises a direct chem
ical effect upon the substances of
which protoplasm is composed.
Second-It stimulates protoplasm TO
the formation of chlorophyll, although
its action is not necessary to the pro-
cess, and its direct chemical effect dis
integrates this substance.
Three-It constitutes form of en-
ergy which is absorbed by the chloro-
plasts.
Fourth-Absence Of light constitutes
a distinct stimulus, calling out the va
rious reactions of etiolation.
Fifth-Light acts as a directive or
orienting stimulus to which the plant
responds by locomotory or bending
movements.
Sixth-Different portions of the spec
trum are operative in producing these
separate effects.
Illumination is not necessary to the
nobility of protoplasm. nor does it eX-
ert a retarding effect upon growth. Its
chemical action may, however, hinder
the accumulation of somatic material.
The altered development of plants in
darkness is an adaptive response
which has for its purpose the elevation
of the chlorophyll screen and reproduc-
tive bodies.-New York Sun.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

OF not only this country, but of the
great foreign centres of fashion, report
as large an assortment of these simple
and convenient garments as ever pc
fore Already new designs for the
early and middle spring are in the mara
ket; and, beyond these, may be stud
led the creations which are to be worn
next July. For spring wear, the tend
ency is toward silks and silk mixtures.
There is already notable variety in
these attractive textiles. Taffeta, wash
silk, corded silk. China and Japan
silk, Louisine and several French COM
binations of silk with other tissues are
upon the counters, and have won
merited praise. IN decorative treat
ment, there is larger latitude than last
season. To the critic it would seem
as if women had grown tired of sim
pie exterior and were about to replace
it with rich ornamental effects. This
is noticeable in many details. There is
a larger use of stripes, dots, figures
and geometrical patterns in the dress
goods. Lace stripes and insertions,
embroidery in silk floss, tucks and
pleats, straps and other ornaments are
finding a much mere generous employ
ment While this, in the main, makes
the spring shirtwaist more expensive
than formerly, it is more attractive
and satisfactory to the wearer. Thus
far there has been no great change in
the cut and general effect of the waist.
In many the yoke has been given up;
in others there has been adopted
slight swell or bouffante toward the
belt, suggesting a modified Russian
blouse effect SO popular few years
ago. ~
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
Pursued by a Brigand.

When the grapes are ripenlnS III
tbe Tyrol. men called saltners are sta
toned in the vineyards to guard the
fruit. Local custom allows them 70
levy a toll upon the passer-by. who Is
then free to gather as many ouncheS
as he will. Wonderful is the dress Oh
the saltner, his head crowned WIN
fur and feathers. and his broad chest
ornamented by the tusks Of wild boars.
He carries a spear, and behind him
runs very sharp-looking dog VINO
''yaps' at the approach of intruders'
One day, writes lady from Meran,
an Englishwoman invaded a vineyard
here. and began her slow. duck-like
walk up the slope. Suddenly from
the vines before her emerged the salt
ner, and began firmly but quite re-
spectfully to explain that she must pay
her footing" before she could 90 on.
But he was not allowed to proceed.
The lady uttered three shrieks, in quick
succession, threw something at him
and fed. Down the steep and rugged
footway she ran, while the man,
amazed, dotted his plumes, passed his
hand over his bewildered forehead
and then stopped to pick up her mis-
sile.
He examined 1t; he roared after her
to return, and then, as she paid no at
tention, he set forth in hot pursuit.
Faster and faster they flew until,
reaching the leading thorOughfare of
Meran, the saltner dropped into a
walk, although still keeping the wom-
an in sight.
She reached the hotel, and more dead
than alive, flung herself ON the hall
porter's shoulder, explaining in gasps
that she had only gone out for a little
walk, and had met the most frightful
brigand.
He chased me-" she cried, even
though 1 had flung him my purse at
once! / never knew 1 could run so
fast!'
Meantime the honest saltner APP
peared, to return the mad lady's purse.
He left it with the concierge, and then
returned to his vines, a bewildered
man. He could not grasp the con-
cierge's explanation that his feathers
had frightened the lady: for We're not
those very feathers what his own peo-
pie most admired? He could only re-
member having many times heard
that all the English are mad.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
door in cover is for feeding and water
ing.
At evening, while the chicks are in
LATH COVER OVER RUNS.

brooder or in the middle of the day,
while they are in outside runs, the
covers are raised and hooked to the
ceiling. the partitions are lifted out,
throwing all the runs into one and are
very easily cleaned. The advantages
are when the chicks are put into the
runs they are there to stay. There is
no flying over partitions, nor flying out
of doors opened when watering or
feeding, as the slip doors can be
opened just enough to put in anything
desired, as trough, drinking fountain,
etc. w. J. Nicholson, in American
Agriculturist.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

The st. Louis Post Dispatch pub
fishes under the head of "Hustlng
Girls of Kansas" these entertaining
paragraphs:
Miss Matte Hush of Ness county
feeds, harnesses and works four horses,
plows and sows and helps harvest the
crops on the ranch, waters and feeds
so head of cattle, and, with her elder
sister. milks 40 COWS twice a day.
Miss Elizabeth Goodman, who lives
five miles west Of Galena. is "a years
of age. With the assistance of her
younger sister she operates a farm of
60 acres, and is getting rich.
Miss Lillian E. Hall of Winfield has
been appointed by Governor Stanley to
be coroner of Cowley county.
Miss Grace Kennedy of Atchison
weighs only 81 pounds, and yard and
a quarter of goods will make her
waist. Three yards of binding will go
round her skirt, and two and a quar-
ter yards of goods will make her a
skirt
Miss Esther Searle of Cawker City
is a blacksmith.
Miss Olive Jones, the 19-year-old
daughter of Buffalo" Jones of Topeka
has sold a story to Harper's for $3.50.
1t tells of the capture of two mountain
sheep which Buffalo" Jones was re-
Gently delegated to find by the authori-
ties Of the Smithsonian institute.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
That Large Black Dot.

Fortunately for the peace of fashion
able womankind the veil with large
isolated black lozenges has now be-
come less popular. To get those spots
in the right place, so that they would
be beautifiers, like the patches worn
in Pompadour days, was one of the
greatest trials of last winter. If the
veil happened to slip, as was fire.
quently the case, it sometimes gave
one the appearance of having lost
front tooth, or of eyebrows meeting
with terrific scowl, or of having nose
OF abnormal size. To such an extent
did that veil pray upon the femin-
inc mind that when a certain fashion
able woman tainted in church, her first
act when she revived was to whisper
anXiouSly to her friend, who held her
head, please put my dots right" and
then, overcome with the eXertion, she
tainted again.-New York Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
The Historical Novel.

Touching the historical novel the
London Academy says: What is an
accuracy which appeals to the judg-
ment compared with a part-accuracy
which takes possession of the heart
and intellect and is immortal? OF
course, Sienkiewicz may have Scott's
magic and his own historical mastery,
but of that we have yet to be CON
WINGED. What we object to is the no.
ton that historic fidelity is the impor-
tant ingredient Of an historical novel.
Enough there must be, but there must
be much more than a dramatization of
history, more than the recapture of the
past; those are but objective triumphs.
There must be in the historical novel
what we demand in all novels-truth
to the permanent qualities of human
nature, and an appeal to the reader as
a living man, who reads what concerns
him. There must be the charm of
charm"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
Panels of Velvet.

Cloth skirts a la mode have entire
breadths of dark colored velvet let in
to them, as deep panels from the waist
band to the hem. The panels are skill
fully gored, and are quite narrow at
the top, so as to avoid giving the wear
er clumsey churn-like aspect. Seal
brown velvet is let into a cloth gown
of the same color. The most frequent
example is seen in the black cloth
gown. If only two panels are used one
would occupy the 'front.' or middle
breadth, and the other the middle of
the back. This effect, however, is not
nearly so good as where the back
breadth is of cloth If three panels
are used one would be in front and
two at the sides. A single panel in
front is better than the two described
above. You could have two panels look
well if you arranged them each one
side of the front middle breadth. Put
no lace insertions or medallions nor
any braid trimming, gilt or otherwise,
upon the velvet skirt panels. They are
intended to be perfectly plain.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

yawl was towing astern by painter,
though full of water, and that three
men were vainly trying TO lift it out of
the breakers. A moment later one of
the men slipped on the ice and pitched
overheard. while the two remaining
stood dazed on the deck.
The peril of the man who had fallen
over was deadly, because the cold was
so intense that the water was covered
with floating ice out 10 where the
schooner lay, and the yawl was bob
bling up and down, with the unfortu-
nate man clinging to 1t, right in the
outer edge of this ice.
At sight of that Myers leaped to a
rock at the edge of the surf and
plunged in. He sank to his neck at the
first jump. but he was able to strug-
gle through and reach the yawl. Into
that he clambered, and, grabbing the
sailor. strove to haul him in also. But
the sailors leg was caught in a rope
under water. and it could not be freed.
Myers then bawled to the men on deck
to cast off the painter, but they were
too dazed or dumb to obey. and, perish
ing with cold. Myers was obliged to
return ashore for help.
As he scrambled up the beach he
met two of his neighbors. but he was
so covered over with ice that they did
not recognize him until he begged their
help, when they knew his voice. Just
then the life-saving crew arrived, and
at that Myers turned to the Recovered
waves once more. and with four of his
men struggled out and got the sailor
and the yawl ashore, and then saved
the sailors on the schooner.
According to the myths Of the Eski-
mo Indians the spirits of the wicked
are doomed after death to struggle for
ever and ever in a hell of frozen surf
like that through which Keeper Myers
struggled to save the sailor OF the
schooner Myrtle Purdy. = Collier
Weekly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

The work of learning to be a nurse
is not easy, as those noyices find who
enter the training school from comfort
able and even luxurious homes. Many
motives impel the choice of this pro-
fession, apart from the womans nat
ural learning to kind deeds and the
need of earning a living. Sometimes a
woman takes upon herself the long
training service because she feels that
hers is rather useless life and ought
to be made at least capable of useful
ness, whether or not she goes on with
nursing as profession in after years.
1t is said that this class of students
learn the hardest and most disagree
able duties with sort of radiant
brightness in their daily rounds that
does not shine upon the faces of those
who put less imagination and more
practical necessity into the work. The
presence of an ideal illumines almost
any occupation.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
@%Il
! FARM And GARDEN.
S<EEERERRERR


The sowing of clover seed is a mat
ter which occurs early in the season,
frequently the seed being sown on
snow. The better plan is to wait and
harrow the wheat with a harrow hav-
ing slanting teeth, going over the
wheat field several times, and then
sowing the clover seed, by which plan
less seed will be required and more
seed will terminate because of being
covered. Nothing is gained by sowing
too early, as seed will not terminate
until the ground is warmed The har-
rowing of the wheat will prove very
beneficial. especially if fifty pounds of
nitrade of soda per acre can be broad
casted before narrowing. There will
be no injury done the wheat plants by
the harrow. Wheat responds very
quickly to any cultivation or fertilizer
given early in the spring.