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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
The Arch Destroyer.

"He is a mean. sneaking, under
handed element, the moth is" protest
John Kendrick Bangs in an article or
these household pests in the Woman's
Home Companion. Fire has de-
cent sense of the proprieties. Moths
have none at all. When fire attacks
you it smokes, and crackles. and
Kisses, and roars, and let's you know
in clarion tones that it has come. Th.
moth steals upon you in the dead OF
night, and chews up your best trou-
sers, gorges himself upon your wlfe's
furs, tickles his palate with your swell
est flannel golf-shirt, munches away
on your handsomest rug, punches
holes in your best sofa-cushions With
hia tusks, and then silently folds his
tent and steals away without so much
as thank you for his meal. For I'M
mitigated meanness commend me to
the mothl Alongside of the moth and
his nefarious work even book agent
pales into insignifcance, and an I'M
paid grocer's bill becomes an absolute
pleasure"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
AGRICULTURAL.
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Forcing Cucunbers.

In our cucumber houses bees are
used for pollenizing, but are not put
in until the second lot Of blossoms
are opening, the first lot being al
lowed to drop, so that more strength
should go to the plant. Spot caused
by damp and cold is beyond remedy.
Mildew, if taken in time, is amenable
to heat and dryness. For insects, a
tobacco smoker in operation carried
through house is usually sufficient.
All soil is sterilized by passing super
heated steam through it.-W. W.
Rawson, III Orange Judd Farmer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

No soil in itself will hold its fer
tility. Nature cannot reclaim 1t in
half the time man can. II man acts
in unison with nature, the reclamation
will be rapid. To do this tillage is
first necessary. Many years ago,
Jethro Tull said, "Tillage is manure.
He was right in so far as he went, but
he had learned only half of his lesson.
Tillage is manure, but the other half
of the lesson is humus and must be
kept in the SOIL
Tillage now changes unavailable
plant food into the available form.
The great agent to do this is the air.
Keep the air from the tomato can, or
the fruit jar, and the fruit and vege-
cable keep Pure and well preserved.
Admit the air and decay and decom
position at once results. So with the
soil. Admit the air to it and in it,
and decay and decomposition at once
result. What is this decay and de-
composition? The change of unas-
similable plant food into the assimil-
able form. This is the great Office for
the air in the soil. This results from
tillage. We have scarcely begun to
realize how important tiiiage is IN
this respect, but it is physical i'm
provement, and that is the greatest
thought of our incoming agriculture.
Allied with tillage to promote phys
ical improvement is the growing of
clover. Glover, by means of the
tubercles that grow IN its roots, take
from the air what is unavailable
nitrogen. and changes it into the
assimilable soil nitrogen. The result
obtained from analysis by Cornell
University show that over 1900
pounds of nitrogen were added to the
soil by so doing. This, in great
measure, answers the supplying of
this important fertilizing Ingredient.
Where annual husbandry is followed,
a good forage is necessary for profit
able feeding. There is no better for
age for New England farmers than
clover. 1t is almost balanced ration
in itself, and has nearly three times
the feeding value that timothy has.
If the soil is III any state of filth,
clover will grow, and in it's growing,
it furnishes nitrogen and superior
forage for all kinds of live stock, Now,
what about the other two important
elements of plant growth; is there any
way to get potash and phosphoric acid?
Yes; in commercial form. Neither
are expensive, in comparison with
nitrogen, and as they cannot be OBJ
tanned from the air, they must come
either from the soil or some outward
means. Fortunately. nature has fur
nished us large supplies of both. We
can purchase our potash in form of
muriate of potash, and our phosphoric
acid in form of acid phosphate, and
then add these at rate OF one hundred
to three hundred pounds per acre un-
til good filth has been obtained, and
good physica; condition results.
Then, adopting g system OF crop TO-
tation, and annual husbandry, our
soils will not only improve, but reach
state where the maximum crop pro-
duction will result. Then farming will
be pleasure and profitable undertake
ing. Charles William Burkatt, of the
New Hampshire Experiment Station.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
handle is attached to this cross-piece

handle is attached to this cross piece
and to the end piece, as shown.
The edges of this, also, should be
wired.
Spouts with "cut offs" for drawing
small grains, ground feed, ETC., from
bins on higher level, are quite COM
mon, but such conveniences are not SO
common about corn-cribs. Fig. 2
represents form of spout or "shoot"
by which corn can be drawn from o
crib very nicely. The opening in the
crib should be not less than sixteen
inches square and the shoot, the same
size, IS set sloping down at an angle
OF forty degrees. 1t should be about
two feet long. The bottom is in two
pieces, the lower half being hinged to
the upper To shut off the corn, this
portion of the bottom is simply turned
up and hooked A, Fig. 2, shows the
shoot with the top off and the bottom
let down. B shows the shoot closed.
Two or three shoots like this along
the side of crib will save great
deal of shoveling and of lifting also,
if the crib is so situated that the corn
can be run directly into sled or
wagon. Albert Rex, in Ohio Farmer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

Being heavier than syrup, inter, or
sugar sand, as it is frequently termed,
forms on the bottom Of The boiling
pans and causes much trouble. This
is one reason why large sheet. iron
pans without partitions are preferable.
The rapid boiling over the whole sur
face tends to check the precipitation
and no serious trouble is experienced.
Some evaporators are so constructed
that the pans are interchangeable.
This is great help, as by moving the
syrup pans, on which the formation is
mostly, further ahead in the arch it
can be boiled off. Diluted muriatic
acid in the proportion Of one part of
acid to two of water is probably as
good as anything to clean the pans.
This should be carefully applied and
the pans thoroughly washed after
ward. A small amount Of this acid in
the sap would spoil the syrup. have
tried several ways of getting this sub
stance out of the syrup. [ have
strained through flannel, felt and
sponge, and have finally returned to
gravitation as being the most practi
cal.
The syrup is tested with sacchar-
ometer, drawn off, strained through
two thicknesses of cheese cloth and
poured into small, deep settling cans
holding six or seven gallons each. 1t
remains in these from twelve to twen-
ty-four hours, when it is poured off
carefully into the thirty gallon can
ming can The settings are turned
into one can, hot sap is put in and all
we'll stirred; when this has settled the
clear portion is drawn off and the pro-
cess repeated until the sweetness is
washed out and the silica is left nearly
as white as four-C. P. Haskins, in
American Agriculturist.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

be welcomed by farmers. Two con-
venient homemade tools are illus
trated in Fig. l. A is holf-peck
feed box, made from piece of stove
pipe. The bottom is piece of one
quarter-inch board fitted nicely in the
pipe and well nailed to its place. The
top should be bent over a ring of No.
8 wire to give it sufficient strength.
To hold the even half peck for seven
inch pipe, the depth should be just
seven inches. B is a grain scoop for
filling sacks, etc. 1t is made from a
piece from sheetiron eighteen inches
long by fourteen inches wide. The
best way to fasten the sides to the
cross-piece is to bore hole through
it, from end to end, and draw the
sides up with small bolt. The
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
The Best Cattle For the Farm.

In the Judgment of the writer there
are three classes of cattle: The special
dairy cattle, the special beef cattle
and the general purpose cattle. The
first should be kept by all dairymcn
who are making dairying their special
work and the next by those who breed
for beef only, where the calves must
be raised by the dams. The place for
the general purpose COW Is on the
average farm where the farmer wishes
to grow a good beef animal, and at the
same time he is obliged to milk his
cows in order to have milk and butter
for the family without cash outlay
for same. But right here it might be
we'll to give our idea of general pur-
pose COW. She is one that gives
large amount of milk, and produces
calf that can be grown into a good
quality of beef at an early age. She
may not give as much milk as the
special dairy COW, nor her calves make
quite so much meat as those of the
highest type of beet cattle. She is the
only kind of COW the average farmer
can afford to keep who wants to grow
beef and cannot afford to keep a special
beef COW for the whole year with no
other income from her than the calf
she produces. The average farmer
can get this general purpose COW with
out so much cash outlay as it takes to
start in special breeding. Cows of
common or mixed breeding will answer
for the foundation providing they are
large in body and roomy in frame and
good mixers. If there is any dairy
blood in them they will be less able
to produce the light kind of calves.
There is no better material for founda-
ton stock than good short horn grades.
The sire should be pure bred, of good
beef blood, short-horn of the milk
ing strain preferred. The average
farmer wants COW that will average
not less than 900 pounds of butter
per year and produce calf that will
weigh 1900 to 1400 pounds at two
years old. Libey, in Farmers
Guide.
Devices For Feeding Live Stock.
Anything thot will facilitate the
wrok Of feeding Of live stock should
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

Despite all the attacks upon ma
chinery, an age without tools IS an
age of drudgery and degradation. II
once men toiled sixteen hours a day,
with single stroke Watts engine cut
off 1.-TWO hours in the morning for
rest and two hours at night for read
ing. The modern home, with a thou
sand and one comforts, is the gift of
tools. We now compel steel fingers,
steel knives, steel wheels aud steel
wires to do our work. Take away our
tools, and civilization would go back
one hundred years Newell Dwight
Hills, in the Woman's Home Com
panion.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
How to Clean Marble.

The best way to clean marble is to
mix two parts Of powdered whiting
with one Of powdered bluing and half
pint of soapsuds. and heat it to the
boiling point; while still hot apply
with soft cloth to the discolored
marble and allow it to remain there
until quite dry, then wash off with hot
water in which little salts Of lemon
has been dissolved. Dry with piece
of soft flannel. Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

dark ce-unhealthfu and injurious
to the eyes when the horse comes out
into the full light. Cut small win
dow above the horses head and cut
off the direct light from it in the man
ner shown in the cut. Thus the light
cannot shine directly into the animal s
eyes, but will dispel the darkness.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

An epidemic OF typhoid fever has
recently been traced to the use of
celery grown on some sewage fertil-
lied ground. AS it occurred in an in-
stitution it was very easy to trace the
cause. Owing to the peculiar nature
of the stems it is very easy for them
to become saturated with fertilizing
material.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

The Australian insect fauna is esti-
mated at 0,000 species, but it is be-
lieved that the actual number is con-
siderably greater. OF these the great
est variety is to be found in New
South Wales, the scientific collections
formed in Sydney and elsewhere being
of singular attractiveness and in
terest. In the vicinity OF streams may
be found large aud beautiful dragon
flies, often of considerable size; while
everywhere during the warmer months
of the year the ceaseless hum of the
cigale reminds the traveller OF similar
insect experience in Italy. Native
honey bees are plentiful in many
places and are easily recognizable by
their small size, being little larger
than the common house fly. Mos
quitoes are practically unknown in tn
dry interior, but their place is taken
by the sand fly, an equally mis-
chievous insect. There are spiders OF
all sizes, few being poisonous, but
their webs are generally OF most
fanciful character. The splendid APP
pearance of some OF the butterflies
rivals that of the most gorgeous in
sects found in South American forests.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Clouds that move in contrary di.
rection to that of the surface current
indicate change of weather, because
they prove the existence of two air
currents, one warm and the other cold,
and the mingling Of these frequently
causes rain.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

The injury to soil from flooding by
q high tide is variously estimated to
last for five to twenty years. A late
investigation i'll Essex, England,
showed that the soil was left with two
per cent. salt mostly to the complete
destruction of earthworms.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

Many horse stalls are located
against the wall of the barn or stable,
and, when shut in by high sides,
cause the horses head to be in very
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
Tho Use Of Hot-yyater Bags.

A hint in the use of hot-water bags
is gained from trained nurse. Very
little water is used, not moro than a
coffeecupful in three pint bag, but 1t
is very hot. Before the stopper IS
screwed in, the air is pressed out OF
the bag by quick smoothing OF the
hand toward the opening; in this way
the weight is considerably lessened.
This particular nurse in attending
pneumonia patient kept in use during
the severity of the attack six OF the
bags, three of them upon the patient
at one time. During periods Of the
critical two or three days. the bags
were changed every fifteen minutes,
but so light were theyithat their weight
did not in the least inconyenience the
sufferer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

The ordinary hydrometer is ver-
tical float, with scale to MEASURE the
depth to which it sinks and the CORE
spending density of the liquid. A
new instrument measures the density
by the inclination of float, and as
the readings are not affected by capil-
larity, it is much more accurate than
the common form, and is capable of
wonderful constituencies.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

laSSoSp Oue-uhll cup sugar, Oho A"As
cup butter or lard, one teaspoonful OF
soda dissolved in one-third cup OF
buttermilk or hot water, two eggs and
one teaspoonful of ginger. Flour
enough to make stiff batter: bake in
moderate oven.
Buttered Spaghetti-Boil one-half
pound spaghetti twenty minutes in
sailed water. then dip in cold water
to separate it. Place it at once in the
oven, in hot dish. and pour evenly
over it two tablespoonfuls of hot but
ter, in which has been delicately
Drowned tablespoonful of fine bread
crumbs.
Dreamed "Krout"-Boil one quart
of "krout" in two quarts of water for
one hour; then put it in colander to
drain. In a saucepan cream two
tablespoonfuls each Of butter and
-four, then add one pint of milk or
water, and lastly the drained "krout."
Stir constantly until it commences to
boil; then serve.
Fried Cabbage-Chop cold boiled
cabbage and drain very dry, stirring
in q little melted butter, pepper and
salt with three or four tablespoonfuls
of cream. Heat all in buttered fry
ing pan, stirring until smoking hot,
and then let mixture stand just long
enough to brown slightly on the un-
der side. This dish is improved by
the addition of couple OF beaten
eggs.
Scalfoped Veal-Veal is nice soat
loped with macaroni or spaghetti. To
make the white sauce, melt table,
spoonful of butter in O saucepan, aud
cook one tablespoonful OF -four in 1t
for three minutes without browning.
Add one teacup of milk, and cook un-
til thickened. 4 bay leaf may be
cooked with the milk and removed
when it is done This gives pleas
ant flavor to some dishes.
Lemon Jelly for Pies--Beat the
yolks of two eggs and one-half eupful
of sugar to cream, add the juice and
grated rind of one lemon and cupful
of water and set on the stove to boil.
Thicker with one tablespoonful Of
cornstarch moistened in little water.
Use only one crust, aud when the pies
are baked cover with frosting made
of the beaten whites of the eggs and
two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar.
Bake in quick oven until light
brown.
Virginia Peanut Soup-Roast
shell sufficient peanuts to MI
three cups. Pound them tor
adding level teaspoon OF
this paste in a saucepan y
gradually, two quarts OF
Season with busting
and red pepper and
thickens. Just befr
pint OF oysters
celery seed and
ruffie. Crisp
pany the sol
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

The proportion Of sickness in human life
Is nine DAYS cut of the year.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

John Murray recently summed up
the latest discoveries concerning the
ocean. The deep sea, he says, is q
region of darkness, as well as of low
temperature, because the rays of the
sun are wholly absorbed by the super
fetal layers of water. Plant life Is
absent, but animal life is abundant in
those night-haunted depths. The
majority OF the deep-sea animals live
by eating mud and by catching the
minute particles of organic matter
which descend from above. Many of
The indicating aairAals are Of gigantic
size compared with their allies in
shallower waters, but they are the
prey of rapacious enemies armed with
peculiar prehensile organs. Some
deep-sea fishes are blind while others
have very large eyes. Phosphorescent
light plays an important role III the
great deeps. Sometimes the animals
are furnished with phosphorescent
organs which recall the use of BULLS
eye lanterns.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10
The Practical Picture Hanger.

The Practical Picture Hanger.
The practical housekeeper OF to-day
who has number OF fine pictures to
hang saves time and trouble and Sc
cures better results by calling in the
practical picture hanger. This man
has come to be necessary adjunct OF
oil well-regulated art establishments.
His ability to sound q wall or drive .
nail with precision is but minor tea
ture of his calling. The day has passed
when pictures are hung by rule and
method, just so many feet from the
floor, and each equi-distant from It's
neighbor. Picture hanging nowadays
is an art that requires iudicious treat
ment in order not to spoil the effect OF
work artistioally conceived. AS to the
hanging of pictures in general, it Is
considered best nowadays, says an
authority in picture hanging, to hang
black and white independently, and
SO with colored pictures. Paintings,
OF course, require the most careful
consideration in the hanging, and even
the professional makes mistakes at
times. The pictures must be hung
according to the lighting of the room.
In some rooms the window arrange
ments are such that it is next to i'm
possible to hang painting SO as to
get an effective lighting by day, and
in others the artificial lighting ar
rangements are such that at night the
painting ceases to be picture and be-
comes blur. To obviate these diff
- Sa
necessity. In general, declares this
same man, the old rules about hang
ing certain kinds OF pictures in desig-
mated places have died out. For in
stance, the old-time fruit and game
piece, without which no well-regulat-
ed dining room was formerly COM
plete, has been relegated to COMPARE
tive obscurity. In its place has come
the print suggestive of merriment and
Uood cheer
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

Durin
horses o
converte
sing
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-10

Devices For Feeding Live Stock.
Anything thot will facilitate the
wrok Of feeding OF live stock should
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-18
Novelty in Millinery.

A new ado,n is finding favoa
among milliners. This consists Ut
skeleton leaves preserved exactly as
they fall from the tee and retaining
their natural color. The leaves OF the
walnut, chestnut and platane trees are
preferred for the purpose; large ivy
leaves and oak leaves are also used.
The longest leaves are formed into a
large palette, one side being composed
of stiff painted feather, the other Of
the skeleton leaf, thus forming broad
garniture. A fine invisible wire fixed
to the edge Of the leaf prevents its
crum ping. The smaller leaves are
made into garlands mounted on an alti-
fetal or natural branch. The leaves
have to be perfectly preserved as their
beauty naturally lies in the delicacy
and transparency of the tiber.-St.
Louis Republic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-18

The words quoted will recall to coun.
try residents and visitors the familiar
signpost planted at many railroad
crossing. One may smile at the ex-
plicitness of the warning words, yet
doubtless to many an incautious trav.
eler they have been as words OF destiny.
There are promptings of the human
conscience as persistent and continuous
when the danger line is carelessly ap.
preached. The signal system of the
moral nature did not happen. Its or
ders cannot be safely disregarded.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-18

WI Ting Fang. the Chinese envoy at
Washington, who seems to be drifting
fast into the position Of IA man with.
out country" is law writer Of ablli.
ty. He has codified the body Of inter.
national law for the Chinese and has
prepared body or code Of common
law for that empire. He has been q
prolific writer in Chinese on historical
aud literary topics. The minister is a
graduate of European law school, as
we'll as Of an English universIty.-Buf.
falO Express.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-18
Tho Stimulus
Of Pure Blood

That is what Is required by every
organ Of the body. for the proper per-
Torrance of its functions.
1t prevents biliousness, dyspepsia,
constipation, kidney complaint, rheu-
matism. catarrh, nervousness. weak
ness. faintness, pimples, blotches, and
all cutareous eruptions.
II perfects all the vital processes.
W. p. Keeton. Woodstock. Ala. took Hoods
Sarsaparilla to make his blood pure. He
writes that he had not felt we'll but tired for
some time Before he had finished the first
bottle of this medicine he felt better and
when he had taken the second was like
another man - free from that tired feeling
and able to do his work.
Hoot,8 Sas.8apaS.iNa
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Accept no substitute. but
get Hoods today.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-18
Picked Peppers.

Cut out the stem of the peppers in a
circle, remove the seeds and wash out
in cold water; then fill each with q
mixture of finely.chopped cabbage,
horseradish. mustard seed, tiny cucum.
hers, button onions and nasturtiums.
Replace the pieces cut from the top
md sew around with coarse thread.
Place in stone jars and cover with cold
vinegar.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-18
New Ocean Greyhound.

The famous Deutschland cost So, 1882 600;
displacement 23,2OO tons: accommodation
! .O57 passengers, has established a new
record. Among the great remedies of the
world Hostetter's Stomach Bitters holds
the record with it's fifty years of cures OF
constipation. indigestion and biliousness.
Our Private Revenue Stamp is over the
neck Of the bottle.