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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

in his eyes and perspiration on his
| brow.
Suddenly he set his jaws together
determinedly and with feverish haste
filled his pockets with the bills and
silver When he had emptied the box
he placed it back in the vault and
closed and locked the door. Then he
advanced a few steps and paused.
What thoughts must have passed
through his mind at that moment as
he stood upon the threshold between
honor and disgrace! Never before nor
since have l seen such agony on hui
man face as I saw then.
Presently he staggered to his desk
and picked up baby's photograph.
For few brief moments he gazed at 1t
in silence. Then he pressed it to his
lips and, turning, reopened the vault,
took the money from his pocket, placed
1t back in the box and locked the door.
On his face was bright CLEAN as OF a
great happiness and up from the
depths Of my heart there surged cry,
God bless him!'
out the light and l hurried from my
hiding place. l met him at the door.
He was startled when he recognized
me, but held out my hand.
Bradford said I, pressing his
hand In mine. you couldn't do it, could
your
mo he said, a tremor in his voice,
L couldn't do it; I couldn't break my
wifes heart and bring everlasting dis
grace upon my baby boy
"'Now, my boy said I, kindly,
don't turn back. Tell me the rest
perhaps can help YOU
"He looked me in the eye moment.
Then he said:
"I will trust you, sir. I have been
too extravagant in my living and have
used about $500 Of the office funds.
did not intend to steal; expected to
make it good, but do not see how
can. l decided to run away, but
can't do it, sir; can't do it.
II rested my hand on his shoulder.
Bradford said /, I believe you are
honest at heart. 1t is not too late
TO rectify your mistake. Go home now
and go to bed. In the morning I will
see what can be done
He looked at me with tears in his
eyes. Thank you, sir he said.
Well" continued the old secret
service man. after pause, II told the
postmaster everything, but secured a
promise from him to give Bradford
another chance. Between us we made
up the deficit, taking Bradford's notes.
These notes were paid long since and
to-day Bradford is holding an import
ant government position and is entire
ly trustworthy. AS had not been de-
tailed upon the case, made no report
of 1t. but have always been thankful
that missed my train that morning"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
PRlMAIE OF ALL ENGLAND
some Stories of the Present Archbishop
of Canterbury.

Some Stories of the Present Archbishop
of Canterbury.
Many are the stories of the courage
and wit shown by the present arch
bishop of Canterbury, DR.. Temple, in
combating the attacks of the extreme
high churchmen which followed the
publication of his Essays and Re
views" When he was nominated as
bishop of Exeter, writer in one OF
the Devon papers gave expression to
the view that "the Tories disliked DR..
Temples politics, and pretended that
it was his religion they objected to.
Mr.. Gladstone and the queen were I'M
moved. Protests against the conse-
Grafton were sent in by the bishops
of Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield and
Lincoln. When the ceremony had been
duly performed, in spite OF the yehe-
ment opposition of high churchmen
and Tories in all parts of the country,
one church newspaper said in an edi-
torial jeremiad And so, on that
darkest day in the whole year, was per-
petrated the darkest crime ever com
mitted in the English church," Such
a sentence as this shows to what a
height the animosity had run. Or.
Benson. the most intimate of all Tenn
pIe's friends, thus described his bear
ing during that memorable incident in
Westminster Abbey: Dear Temples
face was white as ashes, and his jet
black hair and whiskers and the white
and black of his robes made him look
in his stiffness a sad plight for
friends eye to rest upon. His healthy
bronze was quite gone, but he looked
q true man" DR.. Temples temperance
agitation exposed him to criticism
from another source. He enjoys tell
ing this story: In the west of England
he one afternoon spoke at an agricul-
tural society's meeting-a kind OF oc-
casion at which he was em1nently at
home from his knowledge of farming.
But he could not miss the opportunity
of giving some temperance hints and
advice. He remarked with his accus-
toned grim humor, that he himself
had never been drunk in his life.
On his way home he heard the boys
in the street with the papers shout
ing Remarkable statement OF the
bishop of Exeter" The headline was
certainly a startling one. The bishop
with some curiosity opened the paper
to see what he had said, and found
his phrase used as a special heading
s,Nro-a- boor dr,pl in his life Twill
liam Durham in London Outlook.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
SYSTEM is STILL YOUNG.
Electric Lights Were First Seen at the
Centennial Exposition.

Centennial Exposition,
The electric light is new and yet is
so old that perhaps we do not appre~
ciate its marvellous achievement. II
we will but recall the conditions be-
fore 1t came we shall see what won
derful advance it has been in the field
of applied science. Its use in theaters,
in stores. in show windows, in street
Examinations, in private as well as in
public. its application. for lighting in
all sorts of out-of-the-way corners, its
divisibility into various degrees Of
power, it's absolute safety so long as
the wires are properly guarded, its per-
feet sanitary qualities, the practical
absence of heat and the entire absence
of odor. are things that make one feel
that in the way of lighting we have
come perhaps to the last discovery. Yet
this light was shown in this country
for the first time at the centennial eX-
hibition-twenty-fiv years ago. And
it is needless to say that those who
saw 1t were skeptical of its practical
use. Arc lighting was produced on a
commercial basis in 1877, but the real
beginning of electric lighting in its
modern aspects was with the opening
of the Pearl street station of New York
by Edison in September, 1882, where
the Edison incandescent lamp was
used. In the nineteen years since then,
according to a careful tabulation made
nv the Electrical Review, the invest
ment in electric lighting plants in this
country alone has reached the sum OF
$500, 900, 900. This wonderful industry
has been established in this short time
and we must now remember in the face
of the organized and Congratulated
competition of gas illumination, pow
erful and rich interest which until the
adoption of electric light occupied the
whole field for the best kind Of light
ing.-Indianapolis News.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

In the stomach of shark recently
caught at Lukovo were found, among
other things, it is said, a pair Of trous-
ers, a COW bell and shoe. Probably
any one who should hold that these
exhibits are prima facie that this
shark at least swallowed a man would
receive the rejoinder from our expert
aquarium friends, who assert that
there is no such thing as a man-eating
shark, that they prove just as much
that the aforesaid shark would, could
or did swallow COW, for certainly, we
can hear them argue, it is as reason
able to claim that this fish did not
swallow the COW bell without swallow
ing a COW, as that in swallowing a
pair OF trousers and an old shoe it
necessarily must have swallowed a
man or two. too.-Fishing Gazette.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
Curious and Odd.

He purchased Shakespeare finely
bound
A forty-volume set.
He searched for Dickens, Balzac's
tales
The best that he could get;
And Hugo, Huxley, Darwin, too,
And twenty score beside,
They lined his book-sheives, while he
read
Proud Poll, the Pirates Bride"
Of music he had Mozart's works,
Beethovens symphonies,
A gilt piano, too, with real
Hand-whittled ivory keys.
Herr Wagner's bust adorned the room,
And fancies rare would rise,
Until you heard him carol forth:
"She Made Them Goo-Goo Eyes"
HIS dining room was richly built;
The cut glass weighed ton.
Twelve forks reposed at every plate
He never used but one.
And sometimes he would not use that,
A knife was good enough
When eating pie-this tells the tale
OF self-made Mr.. Bluff.
Baltimore American.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

Reports in the Richmond (Va) pa
pers from correspondents along the
Potomac river are to the effect that
oyster houses are closing down on ac-
count of what is called "bloody" oys-
tiers. This same disease caused good
deal of trouble along the Rappahan-
mock some few years ago, says the
Richmond Dispatch, but since that
time the bloody" oyster has been an
unknown quantity in this section. This
trouble virtually ruins the sale Of oys-
ters, and it's appearance is unac-
counted for. At the time our oysters
were suffering from the disease they
were sent to be analysed, and 1t was
found that the discoloration was not
at all injurious to the oyster, nor did
it make the mollusks unfit for eating
purposes. But while it was acknowl-
edged and known that such oysters
were good for eating, but few felt in
clined to eat them in that shape, and
thus the sale was ruined.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
Artificial Ice.

The principles upon which the manu-
facture of ice is based is that a gas,
when compressed, gathers heat enor-
mously, and if robbed of this heat and
allowed TO escape at future time, it
seeks to regain its heat by withdraw
ing heat from its surroundings. Am
monia gas is generally preferred to
others, because it can be liquefied
with comparatively little pressure.
On removing the water from common
ammonia by distillation, anhydrous
ammonia is obtained. This is COM
pressed by a combined steam pump
and a compressor, and the resulting
liquefaction induces heat, which is
economical by circulating water about
the vessel or pipe containing the lique-
fed ammonia. Thus the ammonia is
cooled and the heat largely transferred
to the water, which is then
pumped back to the boiler that sup
plies the steam pump. The liquid am
monia is then carried in a pipe to ex-
pansion coils that afford plenty of
room for its evaporation, when it be-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

looking through the hole. So 1 rented
the room, making small payment.
THAT evening, from six o'clock I'M
til nine, lay on the floor with my eye
to the hole, watching Bradford.
During the entire time he appeared
nervous and excited. In moments of
leisure he would stare absently at the
wall or at his desk, every feature of
his face marked with despair and
wretchedness.
Finally the hour for closing arrived.
I saw him lock the outside door; saw
him place the stamps in the vault and
return with the money box, filled with
bills and coin; l saw him count the
small change that was in the money
drawer in the desk; 1 saw him make
a note of the amount and enter it in
a book.
Then he glanced around the room,
apprehensively, frightened, wild look
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

The women of Kenosha, Wis, have
formed club, in which nearly every
villager has joined, for having bird
restaurants in their front or back gar
dens. Each member of the club has
agreed to erect a tall pole with a
shelf on top large enough to hold a
saucer of water and a tray of food,
which will contain seeds, lettuce, cut
tlebone and any other dainties birds
crave. Once the bird restaurants be-
come popular with Kenosha's birds,
the women believe, the feathered ones
will impart the glad tidings to their
neighbors in other suburbs, and Ke-
nosha in a little while will have a
monopoly of songsters. Some of the
women will go even further than to
establish bird eatinghouses. Moss
and other nesting material will be
placed in the trees, where it will be
of easy access and the women reason
that, with all this BODYBUILDING ma
terial at hand, the birds will look no
further for a coy spot in which to
settle and begin housekeeping
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
A Strange Talent.
bathing.

In Bloomington, Ind, there Is a 16-
year-old-boy who carries In his mind
permanent calendar for at least the
last half century, although by many
me Is considered mentally deficient
To everybody in Bloomington and
around the quarries he Is known as
the weasel" When asked his real
name he gives any of half dozen
which he has at his tongues end for
the purpose of satisfying the curiosity
of the questioner So far as known,
the boy has never attended school, and
knows nothing about the system by
which past and future dates are cal
culated. When asked on what day of
the week date 20 years back came on
the weasel" answers the question cor
rectly within the space Of one minute,
and often in much less time. He
gathers up many nickels and pennies
by telling commercial travellers at the
hotels on what day of the week they
were born. The day of the month on
which one was born is given the boy
and he Immediately supplies the day
Of the week. To the questioner this
is in many cases known, so that it is
at once known that the boy has given
a correct answer. Every ruse has been
made use of to muddle him in his cal
culations, but in each case he gets the
better Of the undertaking.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
HIS 'RITHMETIC LESSON.
How All the Clerks in the Corner Gro
Gerry HeIped Him Learn 1t.

How All tho Clerks in the Corner Gro
Gerry Helped Him Learn 1t.
This is straight story" said a gro
Gerry clerk, whose veracity has never
been impeached. 1T happened in our
store. A little boy came into our Mar
ket street store and waited for some
one to notice him. He carried a sheet
of writing paper in his hand, at which
he glanced from time to time. One Of
the idle clerks came to him finally, and
the boy, reading from his paper, an
nounced in sing-song voice: My
mother wants 10 pounds of rice, Is
pounds of sugar, IL pounds of oatmeal,
20 pounds Of Hold on!' interrupt
ed the clerk. Not so fast. Suppose
you give me that paper and I'll fill out
the order
But the boy insisted on calling of
the articles himself. Two other clerks
were pressed into service, and the
three men proceeded to do up the vari-
GUS packages as the boy called them
off. He wanted all kinds of things, and
he asked the price of each article as
they went along, making note of 1t
on his paper. The clerks had the,
counter stacked with packages when
the boy wound up with Is pounds OF;
-four One of the clerks called out the
price, and the boy continued, in his
sing-song voice, And how much money
does my mother have to pay for her
groceries?'
lone of the clerks counted up the
total and announced it as $1S.73. The.
boy made note of it and started out.
Come back here; where are you go
ing?' cried the clerks in chorus.
Why said the boy, as he made for
the door, that's jest me 'rithmetic les
son fur Monday. l have ter know it,,
or I'll git licked.'"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
HUMOROUS.

Wigg-Do you suppose crematories
pay? Wagg-That depends upon their
urning capacities.
Tommy-Pop, what's the difference
between a cook and a chef? Tommy's,
Pop-About 500 month, my son.
She-I supposeyou think every wom-
ali wants a husband. He-Oh, no;
some, already having husbands, want
the earth.
La Montt-They say some of that
BARRIERS talks are very interesting. La
Moyne-No wonder; he illustrates
them with cuts.
Blobbs-Your friend Spender lis
something of magician, isn't he?
Slobbs-Well, if you lend him $40
bill he can make it disappear.
yes, he is a great man for advanc-
ing theories And yet he is not as
popular as the little MANI" mo; the
little man advances KS and Vs.
Hook-you may say what you please
about Borrowed, but he is very SYM
pathetic. Nye-I guess that's right.
He even seems sorry for his creditors.
THE picturesque is passing" Think
SOP" Yes; look at this picture of an.
old witch. Instead of the traditional
broom she is riding a modern dustless,
pneumatic tired carpet sweeper
Monahan-Poor Clancy! Donegan--
Why, man alive, it's great luck he's
in. "Phwat! Dye call it luck to have
wan O. yer legs cut OFF," "Av coorse.
It'll only cost him half as much now
for shoes and pants"
DR.. Young B. Ginner-Did l UNDER
stand you to say you were never sick,
and therefore didn't have any regular
physician? Krusty-Not at all. l said
we didn't have any regular physician.
and are therefore never sick.
What sort of young man is your
daughter engaged to-" asked Mrs.
Muggins. ooh, he seems just like an
everyday sort of fellow" replied Mrs.
Buggins. AN every night sort of fell
low, l guess you mean" growled Mr..
Buggins from behind his paper.
I'VE cannot accept your story" re-
marked the managing editor of the
daily newspaper. ut is very good, but
we never print fiction" Il don't know
about that" replied the disappointed,
author. ut seems to me that l hay,
read the weather indications in your
paper"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
Front 81. Nome.

It's a little zigzag street. Every
building was erected according to an
independent nation as to frontage and
rearage. The effect is startling, and
after negotiating few blocks of it
you feel like "the crooked man who
walked the crooked mile" On sun
shiny days the entire population sal
lies forth and occupies the sidewalk,
overfows into the street and down the
little byways onto the beach, with dogs
filling all the intermediate space on
the ground foor.-Seattle Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

Undreamed-of luxuries are being
showered upon us thick and fast in
these opcaing years of the twentieth
century. Zone of the most unique Of
recent inventions is a refrigerating
egg" says Cold Storage. 1T is a cap
sule of nickel-plated copper of the size
and shape of hens egg. 1t is hollow
and nearly filled with water. Being
placed in a freezing mixture, its con-
tents in a short time become ice. If
you have a glass Of milk that is not
cold enough and you object to putting
Ice into it on account of the addition
Of water to the beverage, and you
have one of these eggs at hand, you
may drop it into the glass and in a
few moments the liquid is reduced to
the desired temperature. In the same
way, II you desire to cool your cup OF
coffee and are too high-toned to pour it
out into the saucer and drink it there
from, this little frozen egg will relieve
the embarrassment Of the situation.
This same idea is applicable to any
other drink"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
Useful ColIegians.

The man of millions looked up at
the neatly attired youth who stood
hat in hand on the porch steps.
"Well?" he said.
81 am looking for employment" re-
marked the youth.
college MANI"
Eyes"
There was brief silence. The man
of millions yawned.
I'm using all the college men /
can give employment to-" he said and
turned back to his paper. AS the youth
YEARLY moved away the millionaire
looked up.
"You can call again." he said. One
of them might resign or something's
"And may I ask what line of work
you offer them?" inquired the youth.
The man of millions grimly smiled.
you can see 'em over in yonder
cornfield," he said. I'm using 'em
all for scarcecrows."-C
Plain Dealer
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

Pror Sugarman, who gained noto-
rlety three years ago by taking a daily
swim In the Mohawk river during the
winter season, and who revived the
practice in 1899 and 1900, says the
New York Sun, intends to keep I'D his
unique pastime during the present
winter. The professor, who is residing
at Fort Plain this season. took his
hrst plunge of the winter on Satur-
Gay, and repeated the performance on
sunday. The colder the day the more
amusement Prof. Sugarman derives
from the swim. Yesterday the mer-
curry lowered around the zero mark,
but he didn't mind little thing like
that. He went to the Mohawk river,
half mile from his home, with a
pair of tights under his arm, chopped
the ice from the bank for a consider
able distance, and then disrobing,
plunged into the icy water Going far
out in the river he disappeared be-
meath the surface. He reappeared and
repeated the act several times before
coming from the water. while the
several witnesses in their winter cloth
ing shivered in the cold. Prof. Sugar
man generally takes his icy plunge in
the late afternoon, and never expert
ences any ill-effects. He enjoys the
best of health, and declares that after
a person becomes accustomed to a
swim in the icy waters OF the Mohawk
he would taboo all other forms of
bathing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

Before dinner is served the bride
goes to the bath, accompanied by fe-
male relatives and friends. AT night
as the procession of the bridegroom
approaches aims are distributed and
women and children look on from
neighboring roofs. Loud cries from
the women welcome the bridegroom
on his arrival, while the bride, careful
ly yelled. mounts the horse awaiting
her at the door. All the men who
have been Toasted and entertained join
in the procession, in which lanterns
are borne. The brides departure is
the signal for the discharge Of fire
works and a great beating of the big
drum. The final ceremony is similar
to one observed by the Arabs and the
Copts, namely, the sacrifice of sheep.
These are killed as the bride steps
over the threshold of her new home.
One wonders what the idea is underly-
ing the sacrifices. Are they intended
as acts Of Precipitation inherited from
an earlier age, when people thus en-
deavored ito appease the anger of the
gods" or of the spirits Of their ances-
tors? Or is it merely a way of sealing
in blood an important act and cove
nant?-Woman' Home Companion.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03

Charles Ranhofer, the celebrated
chef of DeImonico's, declared until the
last DAYS Of his life thar there was
nothing. absolutely noshing, new in
the culinary art; that no new dishes
had been invented in fifty years; that
the so-called new dishes were only old
ores revived. Although the oyster
cocktail was introduced in the chop
houses of New York about two years
before Mr.. Ranhofer's death he never
included it in his list of dishes, and
&C his book was published before oys-
ters were served in this way, he does
not mention the cocktail. Really, 1t is
only the fact of serving the oysters IN
a glass which gives the name to GER
tain way of seasoning raw oysters
known for years among oyster deal
ers along the Chesapeake shore and
even at the stalls in the New York
OYSTER market This is the way to
prepare an oyster cocktail: Put seven
medium-sized, freshly opened oysters
in a tall. slender glass. Mix in bowl
three teaspoonfuls of tomato catsup, a
teasnoonful of horse radish in white
vinegar, four dashes of Tobasco sauce,
a tablespoonful of Worcestershire
sauce and a tablespoonful of salt. When
those ingredients are well stirred to-
eether pour the mixture in the glass
over the oysters and serve.-New York
Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-03
SUCCESS.
JIM


Went to school an learned to spell;
Readin', writin learned EN- well
Graduated at the high
School to home, and bye an bye
Established his supremacy
At the university
Then come home and started IN
Bizness that we swore 'ud win.
But the bizness sort O. lapsed
Into NOTTINGHAM collapsed
JOE.
Couldn't keep the chap in school
Seemed to allus have some TOOL
Idees of his own, an laid
Round the river in the shade.
Never graduated ner
Keered what graduatin's fer
Jist packed up one day, an he
Seemed to sort O. hatchery
Light right on claim that's jest
Rich as any in the West.
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