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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

A woman we have been extremely
interested in lately. or a young girl
rather, is Marie Heurtin, a French
Helen Keller, but even more wonderful
than Helen Kellar, since the latter lost
the senses Of sight, speech and hearing
at the age of Is months, so thatthe two
senses left may be aided by unconscious
cerebration. based upon early impress
sions or unconscious memory OF i'm
pressions gained before these senses
disappeared. Marie Heurtin, however,
unlike Laura Bridgmar. Helen e,lar or
Martha Obrech. was born deaf, dumb
and blind. Up to the time when she was
ten years old she was apparently not
only completely idiotic, but also
most impossible little person who lay
down on the ground and rolled at the
slightest thing which displeased her,
shrieked for hours together, only
slapped people if they tried to show
her any tenderness, and was altogether
so violent that she was sent away from
two institutions for deaf mutes, and
PASSED on to the nuns at Larnay as a
perfect little savage for whom it was
quite useless to try to do anything. I
know of no more fascinating story
than that of the means by which these
devoted sisters first tanned the little
shrew, then taught her. Sister ST. Mar
guerite it was who gave her her first
idea. Marie Heurtin had brought
away with her a little knife, which she
seemed to love. Sister st. Marguerite,
who had got the child's confidence in
way, took away the knife, max
ing meanwhile in the hand of
the little girl the sign which in thu,
deaf and dumb language means knife.
Then the knife was put back into her
hand with the same sign. After a time
Marie Heurtin began to comprehend
that there was a connection between
the sign and the object From the
knife Sister St. Marguerite went on to
repeat the same experience with the
fruits the little girl liked best.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
SiX-Xear-Old Hero.

In the downtown Italian quarter,
where every one is romantic, the ard
ent love of Ralph Petrono, aged eight,
for Louise Veloza, aged six, has been
for some time a subject of remark.
Ralph saved Louise's life, but in doing
so was run over, along with his sweet
heart. Both lie in little beds at the
Pennsylvania Hospital, but the doctors
say they will recover When they do
Lite Italy will fete them.
Ralph lives at No. 72G Fitzwater
street, Louise at No. $50, five doors to
the west. They have been together
always, ever since Ralph's sister, to
whom he was devoted, died. Yester-
day afternoon the two took q little
walk in the direction of the river. An
alley, near Third and Fitzwater
was a slide on it. Tired, after sliding
awhile, they walked slowly up the al
ley, hand-in-hand. A wagon came
along which they did not hear The
horse knocked Louise down, and in a
second she lay directly in the track of
the wheels.
Ralph then became a hero His hand
still clasping hers, he pulled his hard
est TO get her out of danger Then he
took her hand in both of his, and
dragged her out of the way Of sure
death, but not of injury.
The wagon ran over both children.
The little hero lay beside his little
r,,s, -. 81.
ley. His head had been badly cut.
The girls injuries We're less serious
Philadelphia Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
FROGS BY WHOLESALE.
Farm For Their Propagation on an Unpre-
cedented Scale.

cedented Scale.
A frog farm on q scale never be-
fore undertaken in this country is
about to be started in Massachusetts.
According to the Boston Transcript, a
farm of ten acres has been purchased
at Ware and the work of placing it in
shape for the contemplated enterprise
is going on rapidly and it is expected
to launch the enterprise early this
spring. Tile tract is admirably
adapted for the purpose, as stream
of water passes through it. The sys-
TEN followed in the cultivation OF the
animals will be that of series of az
tiffcial ponds. the first being the small
est. ten by three feet, in which the
eggs viii be placed for Matching, and
as the creatures develop they viii be
removed to larger ponds where they
are given n chance to expand. When
they are a year old they will occupy
bodies of water about ten feet
square, and at the age of two years
the animals will be allowed to splash
around a pool measuring thirty feet
square.
These ponds are all connected by
locks through which it will be a con-
venient matter to transfer the frogs
when the time for this operation ar
rives The ponds will be fitted with
walls and bottom of cement and after
graduating from the thirty-foOt pond
the frog will be full grown and ready
for the market. Arrangements are
being made for crop of from 10000
to 10000 frogs year, and if the ven
ture proves a success it will be a COM
paratively easy matter TO enlarge the
capacity of the farm to 100000 frogs
per year Frog cultivation is a very
simple matter and one which requires
but small investment and no great
amount of attention or work, and
the returns are very large.
A very important market for frogs.
besides the hotels and restaurants,
win be found in colleges and medical
schools. There is a growing demand
for the creatures for use in the study
of natural history, and especially for
purposes of medical research. At
present the supply in insufficient, and
students. especially in winter, find it
difficult to procure any specimens. The
cultivation of the frog has hitherto
been promulgated only on a small
scale, and chiefly as food. Schools
have been obliged to send to North
and South Carolina for their speci-
mems. and then have not been able to
procure the animals in the best con-
ditiOn. The farm at Ware will be
equipped with heating apparatus, so
that the supply will be constant and
students will be enabled to obtain the
objects of their experiments during
the winter, when they are most de-
sired for study. During the cold
weather the frogs remain dormant in
the mud. Large cakes of this soil
will be dug from the ponds and re-
moved to the heaters, where the frogs
will be thawed out and sent to the
schools in a normal condition, so that
the blood circulation and the heart
beat may be studied under the best
conditions possible.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

For dressy occasions ivory cloth is
made up with cluny lace and touches
of gold.
French camelshair serge is one of
the popular materials for the spring
tailor-made gown.
Silk and linen mixtures in dainty
colorings and strips are among the
new fabrics for shirtwaists.
For wear with a gown of light, then
material, the petticoat should be made
with deep yoke, as the gathers of the
other kind show through.
Drap de kar is a new materia for
shirtwaists. It is a soft wooden. ~
thing like a very fine cashmere, End
comes in various lovely shades.
Evening gloves with embroidered
eyelets and facing at the top are one
of the new fads, and it seems to be
useful one for keeping the gloves up
at the top.
Long ostrich plumes are now split,
then rolled over ropes or swathing of
tulle, which lie on top of the hat brim.
inns genre lot eNGHluB wear HoS d
crown of gold embroidered tulle, and
is made upon a net frame.
Swiss muslins in great variety are
displayed in the shops. some with
very realistic designs in large flowers,
others embroidered with white, black
or the same color as the garment, and
without limit as to patterns.
Some of the pretty new muslins are
printed in all-over designs with me-
dallion effects, while other cotton fab
RIGS show both cashmere designs and
colors. AS for the new batistes. they
are prettier than ever, especially the
embroidered varieties.
a moved plan for protecting
dainty silk or lam shirtwaist is sug-
gested in an unGeTwaist Of very thin
fine lawn, made with bishop sleeves
gathered into dainty cuffs CT lac4 or
embroidery. a small, round yoke Also
of lace or embroidery and a transpar-
ent choller. This can be Numbered.
and the outside waist is made more
dressy by cutting it cut to meet the
chemisette yoke of the urdorwaist.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
A Fox Terrier Equestrian.

A fox terrier who rides horseback
has come to be a familiar figure to
the residents in the neighborhood of
West Forty-seventh street. Every
day he may be seen impudently
perched upon the back of an intelli-
gent old horse, who draws a delivery
wagon. The dog balances himself.
lifting first one foot and then the 9TH
er, with all the nicely of a circus
rider. A perfect understanding seems
to exist between the horse and the
dog. The former seemingly makes
every effort to assist the little dog to
maintain his somewhat precarious
position.-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
PARTITION BETWEEN THE RUNS.


also one window in each end, just
above the double wall. There is
door at each end of alley. The six
runs are separated by movable parti-
tons and are also covered. In these
respects it differs from other brooder
houses 1 have seen. After using for
two years would not go back to open
runs again.
The partition is made of one and
half inch lath split lengthways. Two
strips at a and b project one inch and
fit in mortises in the double wall. The
opposite end drops between two cleats
on the side of the brooder. The cover
is also made of split lath, except the
outside and crosspieces. which are full
width. The cover is hinged at a to
top of double wall and the other end
rests on top of brooder. The sliding
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

The shirtwaist seems to have been
adopted as a permanent part of the
American womans outfit. The pre-
dictions made each year by cynical OBJ
servers have never been borne out by
facts. This year the leading modistas
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
Brooder House with Covered Inside Run,

The brooder house l have used for
the past five years accommodates nice
ly $50 chicks until eight weeks old. 1t
is nine by twelve feet, with shed roof,
three feet high on lower side and seven
feet on higher side. 1t allows two
feet for alley, two feet for brooder and
five feet for runs. The part used for
the runs is double-walled one foot
high. The remainder of the house is
built of one-inch boards battened.
which makes it sufficiently warm for
this climate.
In the lower side, which faces east,
are three windows one by three feet,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

The German Army has swimming
school for troops, where every one
must learn to swim. The best swim
mers are able to cross a stream of sew
eral hundred yards width, even when
carrying their clothing, rifle and am
munition.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18

The tube of a twelve-inch gun has
fifty spiral grooves inside, which
cause tho shot to reVolye seventy-five
times per second as it rushes through
the aiy.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-18
TALES OF PLUCK
AND ADVENTURE.


, ITH his hair turned gray
in an evening from terror
and his nerves shat
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
To keep Mites from the fienhouse.

Until within a few days, my hen
house has been fairly alive with
that species of parasite known as
mites. How to get rid of them was
a great question. l tried tar on
the roosts with some success; and
/ tried boiling water which was
effective wherever it touched but,
unpleasant to administer
Finally | appealed to my neigh
Dor, good Mrs. Dobbins, and she
gave me simple remedy, which
after two applications has left the
chicken house entirely free from
these destructive and annoying
lice. In her characteristic language,
Mrs. Dobbins said: 81 scalds my
hen-house down every day or two
with cold water, and that is all any
one needs to do"
| went home and tried the rem
edy, and | found that said was the
right word to use. Cold water
right from the we'll scalds these
mites. | thoroughly wet the sides
of the chicken house, and the nests,
and all old boxes, as well as the
roosts; and this left the ground
floor well soaked with water. Two
wettings left my hen-house entirely
free. n. SPANGLER.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10

The valley has been visited by
copious showers of rain for the
past week. Almost every after
noon and evening quite heavy
rain has fallen up to Wednesday
morning. The rain did some dam
age to the second crop of hay on
several ranches, and made the
roads pretty heavy, but in the end
the roads will be considerably
benefited. In several canyons in
the mountains the rain fell in such
torrents that it almost amounted to
a cloud-burst. In fact, more moist
ure fell during the storm than has
fallen in any such period for many
Summers past in this section.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
Change In Hotel Business.

George H. Plummer, of Missouri
Flat has purchased from DR.. Jones
the Globe Hotel property in Yer
ington, the consideration being
$4,000. Mrs. Nelson, who former
ly conducted the establishment,
has given up the lease, and re-
TUNED to her home in California.
The Globe is now under the man
agement of ]. F. Holland, who has
leased it for a year and a half.
Under his management this cara
vansary will be conducted as a
thoroughly home-like place, where
an excellent meal can be secured
for 25c. and regular board by the
week or month at reasonable rates.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
Still Doing Business.

Word comes up from San Fran
cisco that Harry Flannery will
continue his saloon business on the
ferry boats. The liquor men have
been fighting tooth and toe nail
against the order of President
Hays abolishing the sale of liquor
on the ferry boats and steamers.
The liquor men informed the rail-
road managers that they would
retaliate if the order went into eff
feet by having all their liquor
shipments come over the Santa Fe
system, little item that involves
about 100000 a year. This
threat has caused President Hays
to hesitate and allow an extension
of thirty days before enforcing the
order 1t is a dollar to toothpick
the order never will be enforced.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
School House Addition.

The Trustees of School District
No. o have secured funds enough
by popular subscription to build
the required addition to the school
house in Yerington. 1t has been
found necessary to build this ad-
dition on account of the increase
in the number of school children
in this place. The new building
will be on the east end of the
present school house, the dimen-
sions being 26x3o feet, with a 10
foot ceiling. The Trustees will
furnish all material, and are now
ready to receive bids for the con-
struction of the annex. The build
ing will have to be completed in
time to have it for use when school
opens. Plans and specifications
for the building can be seen and
further particulars obtained by
calling on George Kneirim, Secre-
tary of the Board of Trustees for
this district.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10

A. F. Whitman, the mining man,
paid Markleville, Alpine County,
visit last week to inspect a gold
property located there. He found
a good mining property, but the
facilities for reaching it are yet
very poor. On his trip to the mine,
which is high up in the mountain
timber, Mr.. Whitman ran across a
large bear. Whether it was a griz-
ely or not Mr. Whitman did not
stop to investigate as he was with
out any kind of a frearm. His
bearship did not pay any attention
to Mr.. Whitman but mosied off up
the hill much to the satisfaction of
the man who was looking after
mines.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
Profits In Cattle,

An interesting account of the
profits in cattle raising was related
the other day by a well-known
stockman in Douglas county, Col.
He said; "a neighbor of mine has
herd of forty-eight cows, which
represent the family of a 2o-year-
old brindle COW he still owns. He
bought the COW fifteen years ago
and in that time she and her off
spring have produced that herd,
besides 1905 worth of steers sold
during those years. The old COW
appears just as valuable a breeder
asever, and she will likely in
crease the family before she dies. /"
Field and Farm.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
The R0Ckland.

F. w. Brann is now engaged in
cross-cutting large iron ledge on
the other side of the river. This
ledge carries fair grade of copper
ore in carbonates. The cut on top
of the ground, so far as run, shows
the ledge to be so feet in width at
the present time, and the indica-
tions are that it is much wider.
No depth has been attained yet,
but this work will be carried on
later if the prospects continue as
favorable as at present. Iron ore
is a good thing to have in con-
nection with copper mine, and
Mr.. Brann believes that he has this
combination in the Rockland.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
Lyon County.
A Wonderful Offer to Women.

We have received word of . most remark
able offer which 10 TO be made 70 women by
The Delineator, Of New York.
Taking the fact that next year begins .
sew century, The Delinedtor offers 70 distri-
butte SIT, 500 among 1901 women. The plan
b 30 cleverly arranged that . woman living in
o small town or village, has just a. good o
chance to win one Of these 1901 prizes a. Q
woman living in q city-because the prizes
are given for the number of subscriptions
secured in q town in proportion 10 the popu-
lation OF that town, instead of being given
simply to those who send the largest list Of
subscribers-which, Of course, are most easily
obtained in big cities. Another clever feature
of the plan is, that all the cities and towns OF
the United States and Canada have been ar.
ranged in seven classe& The cities of the
greatest population are grouped ip Class /,
and as these cities are not very many, the
prizes offered are twenty eight; the high
est prize being $500, and the lowest 81. 90
The total amount OF prizes given away in this
class is $1,000. The remaining smaller towns
and villages faH into six other classes, and as
the number of towns In . class inezeases be-
cause, of course there are more small towns
than large ones the amount Of prizes given
away to a class increases, 90 that in Class 4,
there will be $4,000 distributed among col
winners
Furthermore to everyone who fails 70 win
enc Of the 1901 prizes there will b paid an
extra commission on subscriptions, provided
they equal one out Of every two hundred in
habitsnts Of the town from which The con.
testant sends them.
This is altogether very liberal offer, and
enc which the famous old Delinedtor 10 we'll
able to make good From our point Of view,
We do mot see why such an offer needs to be
made by the Publishers Of TAe Dclineator, for
we believe it already has nearly half Q million
subscribers Its strong hold upon the Afec-
tons of American women has come In the
past generation, from its practical advice
about dress details and home matters
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
fnterprislng Young Men.

The Dellamonica brothers, who
some time ago purchased the old
McAllister ranch in this valley,
have made numerous improve
ments on the property since it
came into their hands. They have
put in small separator and are
running a small creamery of their
own. AT the present time they
are shipping what butter they
make to Reno, where it commands
top prices. They are milking
about as cows now, and soon ex-
pect to increase this number. In
the near future they expect to
bring butter and cheese to Yering-
ton and sell it to families vino de-
sire an Al article.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10

The general health of a
woman is inseparably re-
lated to the local womanly
health. When the deli
cate WON a y organism
is diseased, the body loses
piumpness, the cheeks lose
their roses, and a nervous
and fretful condition be-
comes habitual.
Thousands of sick women
who have been cured of
diseases peculiar to the
sex by the use of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton have testified to the
restoration of the general
health when the local dis
ease was cured.
oFavorite Prescription y
establishes regularity, dries
unhealthy drains, heals in
fammation and liberation
and cures female weakness.
uI used four bottles of Favor
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10

JOB WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Ex.
j ecuted with neatness and dispatch at the
TINES ONCE at reasonable rates. Send for our
estimates before sending your work elsewhere.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-10
vI used four bottles of Favor:


Golden Medical Discovery writes Mrs. e.
mer D. Shearer, of Mounthope, Lancaster Co.,
Pa, uand can say that am cured of that dread
ed disease uterine trouble Am in better health
than ever before Everyone who knows me Is
surprised to see me look so well. In June, when
] wrote to you, poor in health that at
ter and told me what to do. / followed your
advice and to-day am cured. tell everybody
that with Gods help Dr. Pierce's medicines
cured me. If these few words are of any use to
you, you are welcome to use them. They might
help some other poor suffering woman"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, 1908 large pages, in paper COW
ers, is sent free on receipt OF Fl one
cent stamps, to pay expense OF mailing
onky. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buf-
falo, N. Y.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-11
BARNsBORO.

Easter Sunday hereabouts was unusually
dull and unpleasant this year.
We are a people of the last century. We
have no trolleys; no water works, except
when it rains; no electric lights, only when
we have an electric storm: and no improve
ments that tend to enhance the beauty and
conveniences of the village and yet we
still live
Farmers are busy putting in their early
truck and attending to their hot-beds.
The fish that goes by the name of sucker
has at last made his appearance in the small
streams around and about these parts, and
now tale comes along that there has been
a law passed that they cannot be caught as
of yore-with a gig. Who knows?
At the next meeting of the Mantua
township Board Of Education the teachers
of the various schools are to be selected.
There are liable to be some changes.
From village directory: VIM Duffield,
merchant, general store. Merchandise for
country use supplied at short notice.
Rural free mail delivery has struck a
snag and until the snags are removed the
farmer will have to abide the fourth-class
post Office system. But why this rural de-
livery should be held up is more than a
Republican Office holder or seeker can COM
prehend, for at the last session of Congress
there was appropriated for the next fiscal
year the sum of So, 5000 to put this
rural delivery in operation and to test its
efficiency and the effect it would have upon
the rural voters in general. STILL as a
Democrat, l think that farmer or any
other rural resident has as much right to
have the mail delivered at his home as has
Mr. Busybody, of 1919 North 69th Ave-,
City. While the rural farmer lives, say
two miles from the P. o., Mr.. B. lives six
or seven miles from his But then this
country isn't what it ought to be, no how.