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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
Stepped 1t OFF.

1t is a commonly accepted theory
that a man steps three feet, and many
a tract of land has been stepped OFF,
instead OF measured with chain. In
the West they obviate the difficulties
of surveys by the land being divided
into sections, but in Pennsylvania
much of the property, especially in the
mountains, must still be described by
metes and bounds.
In one of the counties in western
Pennsylvania are two brothers, one of
whom is tall and lank, the other short
and fat. Many years ago they pur-
chased a tract of moUptain land, call
ing for Il mile square. They divided
the labor of measuring ii, one stepping
off one side. the other the other side.
Then they fenced it in and were per-
fectly satisfied until recently, when
suit was brought to recover q consider
able tract of land. Each brother swore
that he knew the measurement to be
right and told him it had been done
Then, as the spectators saw the short
legs of the one, scarcely long enough
TO reach the floor when he sat in a
chair and the elongated eXtremities of
the other, there was n general laugh,
in which The judge and attorney joined.
Upon surveying it was found that dle
line was a mile and a half long and the
other only a little over half mile.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Corn is a fat producer, more than an
egg producer
Provide grit for the hens. They need
it to aid digestion.
Use plenty of dry earth in the hen
house and coops. 1t is purifier.
Vermin cause the hens to pick their
feathers and otherwise be restless.
Save grain by feeding a bran mash
once a day. Mix ground oats and lit
tie oil meal with it.
Don't think its luck that brings sue
cess. It's proper feed and manage
ment that determines the profit with
poultry.
Air-slacked lime is cheap and will
serve to make a damp poultry house
dry walls, roosts, nests and yards may
be freely busted with it.
Dat straw or grass hay, run through
feed-cutter, makes the very best hens
nests. \ barrel of it ought to be kept
handy for renewing the nests often.
If you can fence in a manure pile so
the hens can get at it, do so by all
means. 1t will keep them busy scratch
ing, when nothing else will, gpd the
busy hens are the laying ones.
Don't wait till snow flies before you
batten up those cracks and plug up the
Knot holes, and patch up that leaky
roof. You can do a much better job
now, ald in one-fourth the time than
when the roof is icy and covered with
snow.
Feed the young stock about all they
viii eat just now. 1t is getting late,
and they should be forced to the laying
point before winter sets in if possible.
1t is next to impossible to overfeed
young stock, provided you give it lots
of exercise, grit, etc.
If you keep fowls al all it is your duty
to keep them comfortable. If they run
out end get wei, after you provide them
warm shelter that is their own fault.
Put if they are compelled to remain
wet and cold because you have pro-
yided 10 proper shelter, you are
Brute, and should not keep fowls.
Get a bushel each of corn, wheat,
oats and buckwheat, and feed first one
and then another. A change each day
is better than mixed food, or all dae
kind. If you must stick to one kind of
food, it is decided that wheat contains
al the mos, essential qualities neces-
sary to the proper development of a
hen as wen as being good egg in
dgcef.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
Three Remarkable Suns.

At an early hour in the evenings OF
September brilliant star. of a slightly
reddish color, will be visible low in the
Northwest. The curved handle of the
Great Dipper" points to it. Its name,
Arcturlss, can be found in the book of
Job. At the same hour, nearly over
head. in the middle of the milky way,
will be seen the outlines of a large
cross formed by stars. This cross is
the constellation of Cygnus. The lar
gest star, Cygnl, and the next in size
situated at the point where the beams
OF the imaginary cross met, is called
Gamma Cygni. Concerning these three
stars Mr.. Lockyer, the English astron-
omer, has recently made very inter
estfng statement. Analysing their light
with the specToscOpe, he finds evil
dence that Arcturus is almost exactly
similar to our sun in IT'S composition,
and is cooling off. Alpha Cygni, on
the other hand, is sun very different
from ours, and is getting hotter. while
Gamma Cygni OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
sun. but is also Increasing instead of
decreasing in temperature.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
RIPENING OF PEARS.

All pears need to be picked before
fully ripe. This is most important with
the early pears, most of which are rot
ten at the core when left on the tree
until they become mellow. Clapp's Fa-
vorita needs to be picked earlier than
any other The Louise Bonnie and
Flemish Beauty also rot if left on the
tree to rpen, and will ripen much bet
ter under cover in the dark and in con
tact with wooden so as to preserve an
even temperature. Hoase-rlpened
Bcurre Clairgcau, if picked while hard
anI uneo'orsd, will attain high color
ana be Of good quality. II picked from
The tree as late as can be before killing
frcs.s. the same fruit will be coarse
and inferior in flavor. The Bartlett
pear, picked before fully grown and
ripened in the house, makes pretty
good eating. 1t is the only pear we
would advise anybody TO pick before
fully grown, and then only to thin the
crop, if the tree is overloaded and the
whole crop likely to be small sized
in Observation-Disclosures Cuitivator.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
PROBABLE ECONOMICS IN HOR-
TICULTCRE.

The narrow margin of profit in all
| lines Of farm and orchard production,
las led to closer economy anI the uti-
lzing Of what has heretofore been
Waste products.
In California, for years it was the
rule TO let rot Oh the ground all oranges
thar were sunburned, or imperfect in
any Way,-ovefsized or understood, or
unmarGt table from any other cause.
As the orchards returned smaller prof S
however, it was found that these fruits
were valuable for marmalades and pre-
serves, and they have now become no
unimpOrtant factor in the total income
Of the orange grower. Around the
dr.erS and canneries large heaps Of
peach and apricot stones accumulated
Gn1 became d nuisance. 1t was after
wards discovered that these would
burn as wei as the best stove coal.
and they are now source of profit,
selling at $15 per ton as fuel while
their ash is rich in phosphoric acid and
valuable as fertilizer. Now a new in
dustry in connection with rais,n grow
ing is about to be established at FRESNO.
Raisin seeds sell in Germany at SIG to
S1S per ton. The seeds are said to con-
tain from thirty to forty per cent. of
giycerine and sixteen per cent. of es-
sentigl oil. The proposition under CON
siderItifn is tie erection of a raiSin-
seeding plant, thuS increasing the value
OF the product and utilizing the seeds.
Around all The wineries of the state
are vast heaps Of grape seeds and
stems, all Of which are now wasted,
but which contain a large percentage
of fannie acid, and n Europe form an
important item in the prodrct of the
vineyard. 1t is small economies that
enableels to withstand the hard times,
and even California is learnic= -.-;a
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
NEEDS AS FERTILIzERS.

The University of Virginia has been
experimenting with weeds IN order to
determine their value as fertilizers,
taking their proportion of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash as the cri-
terion of commercial value. Fifty spe-
cies of weeds were taken for the ex-
pertinent and OF these fifty the highest
in value per dry ton was the common
p-keberry Phytolacca decandra),
which Indicated that a dry ton of this
would equal as manure what would
cost S21.93 if the chemical matters
above named had been bought for ma
nure. The lowest in value of the fifty
thus used for manure would be COM
mon panic grass Panlcum virgatum),
which is worth only $40 per ton
estimated in the same way. Strange to
say, some closely allied species of grass
showed high manwfal value. The com
mon crab grass Panicum sahguinale),
stands third on the list, with a value
of $3.50 per ton. One very remarka-
bic fact is the exceptional value OF the
poke berry This is given as S21.93,
while the next on the list, bitter dock
(the common RumeX obtusifolius), is
but $16.26: all the others down to the
panic grass following each other in
fractiols of the dollar only between
Them The idea of making these very
original tests seems to have originated
with DR.. C. f. Millspaugh, the botan-
list of the Experimental Stalon.-NeW
York Independent.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
NEW YoRK's PEANUT MONOPOLY.
A Remarkable Industry Which Has Started
Up in the Metropolis.


The peanut has risen from insignifi-
canoe 10 dignity. 1t threatens to pc
come one of the staple products of the
country.
A company has now been formed by
some Of the leading capitalists of PITTS
burg to control the peanut market.
This company, which will be known as
the American Food and Oil Company,
and has a capital of 100000, will open
HEADQUARTERS at Norfolk, Va, the CEN
ire of the peanut industry.
The manufacture of food products
and oil out of the peanut is practically
an experiment in this country, although
II has been one of the great industries
OF France, and especially in Marseliles,
for many years. Those interested in
the present undertaking are confident
of success, because of the superiority
of the product over other oils ana
meals, and also because in America
there is unlimited room for the deyel-
opment of the peanut-raising industry
in the Southern tates.
The recent statement of Edward At
kinsol, of Boston, the political econo-
mist and statistician, that in a few
years the peanut crop will be one OF
The prime staples of the South, was no
doubt a surprise to many. But statis-
tics bear the statement out, and 1t Is
proved that the industry is constantly
growing.
The peanut oil is said to be so like
olive oil that only the chemist or the
expert can detect the difference. Its
flavor is pleasant and bland, and it
may, on account of its purity, eventu-
allv supplant olive oil in all culinary
uses for the table.
The refined forms of the oil are used
as the basis of all pure toilet soaps
which are manufactured in France.
The crude oil is an eXcellant lubricant,
being equal to sperm oil. besides being
non-oXydizing and free from gum It's
keeping qualities are superior to cot
ton seed Oil.
Other uses to which peanut oil is put
arc for slab dressing by confectioners
ana WOODEN manufacturers anu III '4S
molds Of plug tobacco manufacturers.
The kernel or feShy part of the nut,
in its properties as a food. closely re-
samLles the sofa bean, which is used by
the armies Of foreign countries as a
ration and has Il much higher nourlsh-
inc value. Ie can be manufactured in
TO all sorts of cakes, biscuits, breads,
soups, gr:ddle cakes, etc, and is well
suited to persons with impaired diges-
tive organs.
The residue of the nut, that is, the
she'll. is said to make a food for live
stock that is much more nourishing
than bran OF cotton seed hull. Thus no
part of the nut is wasted, but all is
turned 10 profit.
The statement that Marseilles i'm
ports yearly S5,000000 worth of pea
nuts from Africa and India gives some
idea Of the magnitude of this industry
that America is so well suited to fos-
ter. No country in the world is better
adapted to the raising of peanuts than
the South Atlantic States. The crops
have been steadily increasing during
recent years, and a great development
is looked for in the immediate future.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMERS.
Probable Economics in Horticulture
Weeds as Fcrtiizers.mHow Cultivation
Preserves the Moisture.
HOW CULTIVATION PRESERVES
THE MOISTURE.

THE MOISTURE.
That cultivation of the upper crust
of the soil tends to prevent evapora-
ton of the moisture below is fact
that every practical farmer is well
aware Of. 1t is daily being proved in
actual practice, but the scientific the
DRY upon which this is based is little
understood. Men will tell you it is so,
but why they do not understand.
Now, it is well known that the soil
is composed of irnumerable ana int-
nitely small particles. When the soil
is dry each little particle is surrounded
by Il vacuum or air space. Whenever
the particles come in contact with
moisture they have the power of at
tracing that moisture and of sur
rounding themselves with a thin film
of water. The particles next to the
water first draw the water around
themselves. then the dry particles next
to them in turn attract it, and so con-
tinu0us stream is set up, much in the
same way that n wick of lamp draws
up the oil. This goes ON until the whole
body Of soil is saturated, but as soon
as the water reaches the particles ca
the surface Of the soil this water
is evaporated, and the supply below is
again drawn upon, until the water
stored below is so exhausted or left at
such a depth that the distance over
comes the power of attraction, and the
.,a,,,1,1oto1N~ This is
the process which goes on in unculti-
waited soil.
The object of cultivation is to break
up this attraction, usually called capil-
larry attraction, in the upper crust and
50 prevent the moisture from being
brought t. the surface and evaporated.
To understand how this is done, dle
must take into account another scien-
tifc fact, and TIA is, that if these little
Particles in The soil be widely separated
from each other they lose their power
If attraction. Now. when the top c"ust
eff the soil is ,oo oued and reduced to a
fire ti,th, these particles lie less closely
gcfAer and do not attrac. moisture
from below. The moisture now rises
rs hfob * tho INNER t'lth and there re-
,oofue IN a murh l9noar extent than in
tho case If untilled soil for owing to
t1o h',r,.st or mulch of loose soil on
thn ton the soil below tbn surface is
murb less evnosed TO the action of
evaporation.
same of orr farmers here are unwi!l-
,,o to accent the above theory. alleg-
inc that adobe or clay soil, that has
rover baan cultivated for wears will
hove more moisture below than cult
vated soil If this he so. that fact does
nat clash with the theory Of particle
attraction. On such soil the top sur-
face has been hacked down so closely
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
GRIT FOR FOWLS.

Some farmers find it difficult to pro-
vide hens with sand. Make Il mortar
from coarse sand or gravel and put into
barrels. IN the winter put one of these
in the henhouse. and cut out some at
the slaves. The hens will soon be busy.
1t will help to keep their bills short and
they will not lie so apt to pick eggs
open and eat them.-New England
Homestead.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10

An old Scotch sergeant was going
hts rounds one night to see that
ali the lights were out in the barrack-
rooms. Coming to a room where he
thought he saw a light shining, he roar
ed out:
oPut out that light, there"
One Of the men shouted back:
Tt's the mune, sergeant!'
81 dinna care a Jacket what it is" the
sergeant said; "pit it cot"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10

lesson. The feeding OF waste apples
ard of pomace from cider mills. and
the use of apples for jelly, evaporat-
ing. etc, are other instances of profit
able economies in horticulture Amer
lean Agriculturist
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life

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OF New York.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10

A cargo Of oranges from New South
Wales was landed in England the other
day. The fruit is said to have been
in first-class condition, nOtwnhstarG-
ing The long passage.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10

MI Sewau is distinguished rs owning
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There are forty-soyca Chinese temples in
America, but not single Mohammedan
mosque.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10

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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-12-10

is a vigorous feeder and re-
spends we'll to liberal fertlliza-
ton. On corn lands the yield
increases and the soil improves
if properly treated, with fer
tilizers containing not under
TO actual
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-12
Marie Louise as Empress Regent.

Marie Louise had played her role of en-
press regent as well as her immature age
and slender abilities would permit. Only
once in his letters did the emperor chide
her, and that was for fault yenial in
European royalty-receiving a high Off
cial, in this case the arch chancellor, In
her bedchamber. On the whole, she had
been dgnihed and conciliatory. Once she
rose to II considerable height, pronouncing
with great effect stirring speech compos-
cd by her husband and forwarded from his
headquarters. About her were grouped "a
motley council-Joseph, gentle, but eff
cient; Savary, underhanded and unwar-
like; Clarke, working in the war ministry
like machine; Talleyrand, secretly plot
ting against Napoleon, whose title of vice
grand elector he wore with outward suavi-
ty; Cambaceres, wise, but unready; Monta-
livet, adroit, but cautious Yet, while
there was no one combining ability, en-
thusiasm and energy, the equipment of
troops had gone on with great regularity,
and each day regiments of half drilled,
half equipped recruits had departed for the
seat of war" Life of Napoleon" by Pro-
fessor w. M. Sloane, in Century.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-12
which Foot walks the Fasterq

Which Of your feet walks the faster?
This seems like "A queer question, doesn' t
IT. But If you were ever lost in the woods,
and, after toiling through the brush, over
logs and around bramble thickets for a
few hours, came out at the very spot where
you started, you will readily believe that
one of your legs is better walker than
the other.
One day a company Of boys in Oak park
were playing curious game. One after
another they were blindfolded, and then
each of them started to see If he could
walk from the back porch of house across
a lawn about 90 feet wide and through an
open gate. Although they were every one
started in the right direction. not a single
boy succeeded In reaching the gate
You can all try this game. There's lots
of sport in it. If you have no gate to prac-
tice on, set up two stakes about ten feet
apart on smooth lawn or in court.
Then stand 60 to 20 feet away and, blind
folded, try to walk between them
Try this experiment and find out which
OF your feet walks the faster Exchange.