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Woodruff County news., 1901-07-11

issued prior to January 10, 1901.
 The line between school dis trict number 1 and 16 were de- fined to commence on the east line, in section 25, 9N, 3W, run ming west on half mile line to center of section 28, 9N, 3W, then south on half mile line to town ship line.
 Henry Akins' children were transferred from school district 32 to 1z, for school purposes.
 IS justices of the peace, 6 con stables, 1 sheriff, 9 road over{ seers and 1 road commissions. filed their quarterly reports.
 Claims amounting to $1,172.6N were allowed against the couny general fund.
 Claims amounting to S94O.S were allowed against the various road districts of the county.
 Court adjourned from Fridaf to meet again Wednesday tn 10th, and the continuation of tn proceedings will appear in ou next issue.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-11
BEDBUGS.

MIR. EDITOR: Did you ever get into a nest of bed bugs? I have and have been run out of my bed to the floor for rest, and once to a bed of straw in gin house. I have heard preachers say that they had often been run out of bed while visiting their members after having preached two and three times during the day, and robbed of whole nights rest. This is too bad and right here I want to advise all the ladies who read the News to examine your beds at once, and if you find the horrid bed bugs on them, tear the bedsteads down at once, and carry them out doors, bed cloth ing and all, then scald your bed steads with hot water, and re- varnish them oil over, inside and out. Then pick the bugs all off of the bed clothes and let them take the hot sun all day and you will thereby get rid of the pest, and your company will get good nights rest. Don't come to the conclusion reader that that means any body but your self, until you have carefully examin-
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-11

ed every bed on your place. 1 know what am writing about, for I have been there and may the Good Lord deliver me from ever getting there again.
 AN ENEMY OF BED BUGS.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-11
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
JULY TERM COUNTY COURT.

The following bonds were ap- proved: R. J. Simmons, J. w. Lee, R. E. Holder, J. c. Mitchell, J. R. Trice, road overseers.
 The estray bond of c. H. Hen- ri was cancelled.
 The resignation of J. R. Bar nell, director of school district thunder 13, accepted.
 The resignation of Peter Green, director of school district number IS, accepted.
 County Treasurer E. L. Bill lingslea's settlement for the second quarter, ending the 3Oth, approved. School warrants can celed $4,346.85. County war rants cancelled $9, ,159.O8.
 Collector J. B. Kittrell's set clement approved. $12, ,33O.25 state taxes, collected, net; 2,100 state liquor license, collected, net: 11,468.O6 county general taxes, collected, net: $500 liquor license, county purposes, col lected; 6,839 county road tax, collected net; 2,375.31 county common school fund, collected; 1O,OO7. 47 district school tax, col lected; 815.19 Augusta municipal tax, collected; 212.20 McCrory municipal tax, collected.
 The county clerks report of county taxes collected for the second quarter on marriage li- cense, $32.5O, approved.
 The circuit clerks report of the county tax on writs, certifi- cates, etc., collected for the two last quarters, $155.3O, approved.
 County warrants presented to the amount of 2,955, were pre- sented to the court under order calling in indebtedness, was classified by the court, and now constitutes all the outstanding indebtedness of Woodruff county
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-11
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The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
THE FLOWERS OF THE SEA.

The sea has flowers as the land has,
but the most brilliant of the sea-
flowers bloom not upon plants but
upon animals. The living corals Of
tropical seas present a display of
floral beauty which in richness and
vividness of color and variety and
grace of form rivals the splendor of a
garden of flowers. The resemblance
to vegetal blossoms is so complete
that some persons find it difficult to
believe that the brilliant display con-
tains no element of plant life, but is
wholly animal in it's organization.
Among the sea animals which bloom
as if they were plants are included,
besides corals, the sea-anemone and
the sea-cucumber. DR.. G. M. Black
ford, Jr., remarks that among the CO.
raj gardens the birds and butterflies of
the upper world are replaced by fishes
of curious forms and flashing colors.
which dart about among the animal
flowers
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
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One of the most recent and useful
applications of electricity is to the
work of typewriting An electro mag
net is put into central position in
one of these typewriters in which an
ink ribbon is used. In such machines
there are a lot of type-bars, which fly
up and hit the ribbon and white
paper, thus transferring some OF the
ink from the ribbon to the sheet. The
magnet is properly connected with
some convenient source of current.
The keys of the machine are SO ar
ranged that depressing any one OF
them, no matter how lightly, will turn
on the current, energize the magnet
and make the latter do the heavy work
of operating the type-bar. The type
bar then falls back to it's normal posi-
tion automatically.
In the manufacturers salesroom and
business office, where the machines
are in use, plug has been inserted
in the electric light socket, and cur
rent is taken from the local lighting
circuit. A flexible twin cable leads
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nected by binding posts
The machine can also be operated
by using five cells of primary battery
or two small cells of storage battery.
There is very little current consumed,
as was shown by metre measuring
the current used by one machine in
constant service for one month. Inc
bill was twelve cents.
The strength of the electro magnet
is controlled by a Well-known elec-
itrical device known as rheostat, the
handle of which is just back OF the
magnet, so that the force of the i'm
preston is regulated at the will OF the
operator according to the kind OF
work being done. For ordinary work
ia weak current is used, but for taking
carbon copies the strength Of the cur
rent is increased, so that the type-bar
delivers a st ongel blow. More than
twenty distinct copies with carbon
paper have been made at one time, OF
a quality not yet attained by any nom
electrical typewriter.
Other advantages of the electrically
operated typewriter are thus stated:
Only light touch is necessary, four
ounce touch being sufficient to operate
the key; the depression of the key is
only about one-third that of non-elec-
trical machines; a running or overlap
ping touch is easily acquired by the
operator and several keys can be de-
pressed in succession without releas-
ing the preceding key; saving of
one action on each word is made BY
making the space simultaneously With
last letter of the word; the printing
is uniform as to clearness, as each
type-bar is impelled by the same sHag-
net, in the same manner, and with
identically the same amount of force.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19

An engaged girl is often very fool
fsh girl with regard to her future hus-
bands relatives. She looks at them
with coldness, as people who suppose
themselves to have more right in her
lover than she herself has She does
not care particularly about them, per
haps, and thinks them frumpy or over
particular, and she takes little pains
to hide that they don't interest her.
She seems to expect that he will lose
his old closeness of relation with his
own people at once. and adopt hers in
their stead. She is impatient and re-
sentful of any claim they make to his
time or notice. and thinks she ought
to have the monopoly. This is not only
wrong it is foolish as well, says the
Toronto News.
She should remember that, after all,
his own family have the prior right.
and that it needs a good deal of un-
selfishness and self-effacement to re-
sign that right without pang to
strange girl, if even it is u girl he
loves. She should think that to even
the most generous Of mothers it is
hard thing to part with her son to an
other woman, and the more she her.
self loves that son the more she ought
to understand his mothers love and
sympathiZe with it.
She ought to reflect that upon her
attitude now toward her finances peo-
| pie much of tho happiness or the dis
comfort of her future life will rest
She ought to realize what terrible
responsibility she is taking on herself
if she does anything to sever the close
bond between her husband and his
people 1t is inevitable that if she
makes a faction against them he will
side with her, and by how small a
difference may she make a quarrel
| that will break the Old affection for
life.
Her aim should be to win their lik-
ing and their confidence, no matter
how little congenial she may chance
to find them, and it does not always
follow that because she loves a man
she finds his family lovable, too. She
should make up her mind to put UP
with much, if needs be, to endure and
to be patient, and to overlook. She
must realize that from henceforth his
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Things About the Fameuse Annie.

The history of the Fameuse apple in
Vermont reaches back to 100, and in
Canada hundred years further. This
history is not so we'll known as that
of the Indian wars, but it is fully as in,
teresting, and has quite as close con-
nection with early colonization and
with the subsequent progress Of civil
ization. In fact, students of history
are coming to see more and more that
wars and politics are not so signif-
cant as industry, invention and agri-
culture.
Sometimes, however, the Fameuse
seedlings varied more or less from the
parental type, and came to be recog-
nized as separate varieties, like the
Mcintosh, Shiawassee, Scarlet Pippin,
Louise, La Victorie, etc., so there are
now whole group of the Fameuse
progeny. These have been sought out
and described and their histories re-
corded a1ong with the romantic tale of
the original Fameuse, by the Vermont
Experiment Station. A new bulletin
by the horticulturist on Apples of the
Fameuse Type" tells the story. 1t is
at once paper on modern horticul.
tural topic and triling contribution
to American history
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
AS TO DRESSING THE HAIR.

With the fiat hats and low turbans
now in vogue a change in hairdresS-
ing became necessary, and the coiffure
has receded from the extreme top
and front of the head to the back.
A charming arrangement has the hail
waved softly all around parted at tins
side and coiled loosely in two figure
eights, held together by jewelle5
combs. The Catogan braid also ia
seen. This oldfashioned coiffure is
made by tying the hair just below the
crown and forming two braids that
are looped up to the tying and fast
ened there. This leaves four lines
of braided hair, which are fiattened
to the head and caught by pins. and
finished with a fancy comb. If the
loops of the hair extend beyond the
nape of the neck. so much the more
fashionable is the wearer. The FROM
of the hair should be parted Off anu
waved and fastened under the knot
says the Plain Dealer.
1t seems quite certain that low and
elaborate hairdressing, with many
curls and braids, will take the place
of the styles that have prevailed 50
long The pompadour, as of old, parts
reluctantly with its sway, but it grows
smaller day by day and cannot last
! into the summer.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
AN OUTDOOR ELEVATOR.

In the drawing below is shown a
fire escape designed by a Minnesota
inventor. 1t is intended to facilitate
the escape of persons in high build
ings in case of fire, and can be utilized
long after the elevators inside the
building have been abandoned on ac-
count of the intense draught caused
by the open shaft This apparatus is
intended to be operated by the fire.
men, the car being already suspended
from the top of the structure, with
it's cable extending downward in read
mess to be spliced to the one carried
by the fire engine. The latter cable
is carried on a reel connected with the
engine, and small steam engine is
provided to wind up the cable and
haul the empty car to the top of tha
building after each load OF human
freight has been deposited safely at
the bottom. To regulate the speed of
descent a brake is provided and the
car can be stopped at each floor A
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
g % :, e 1>SSzSSCgENCE AND
1 RoGRESs

train moving at this speed in twenty
yards means that it must be brought
to a full stop in four-fifths of sec.
ond When we remember that, in all
end-on collision, it takes several sec,
ends for the momentum Of the trail
to expend itself in telescoping car into
car, one is moved to ask what would
be the condition of the living contents
to a stop in fraction of the time thai
it takes to bring the last car of tele-
scoping train to rest?-Scientific
American.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
POPULAR SCIENCE,
Animal Invaders of Europe.

Mr.. L. Stejneger showed before the
Biological society in Washington at
it's December meeting how there have
been three great migrations of Siber,
ian animals into Europe. The first two
occurred in connection with the age OF
ice, but the third is still in progress,
and both birds and mammals are now
passing from Siberia into Scandinavia,
the most Travelled route of the invad-
ers lying along the shores of the Arc
tic ocean.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
livers; 3S.6 per cent had various forma
OF intestinal disorders.

One of the great losses was caused
by heredity and shows that the par
ents of our broods must be carefully
selected. A part of the report on the
above investigation says: cd Com
genital or constitutional weakness, re-
sulting (a) in liability to sickness, or
in cases, (b) in actual malformations.
e. g. the records show unusual NOR
tality in the lot No. 7B, made up Ut
chicks from breeding pens, No. 6, y
and 5. The results from hatch Of eggs
from pen No. 5, were remarkably poor.
Of fifty eggs from pen No. g. only
twenty-seven proved to be fertile, but
nineteen chicks hatched, and of these
twelve died within ten days after
Matching. Six were tuberculous, all
twelve had enlarged gall bladders.
Inc tuberculosis was apparently con-
tracted after Matching through an in
fected brooder, three cases of tuber-
culosis having appeared among previ-
Gus occupants of the brooder. Not one
of the lot reached maturity. The cause
of the later deaths was the same as
indicated above. This case Of eX-
cessive mortality seems directly at
trlbutable to congential weakness, in
herited from the parents, and not to
conditions during incubation or to i'm
proper feeding, since chicks from
other parents unuer exactly similar
conditions did WE'LL" 1t is somewhat
of surprise to find tuberculosis cut
ting so much of a figure in the case,
though it is known that in Germany
about one-tenth of all the fowls that
die, succumb to tuberculosis. We have
not hitherto been on guard against
this dreaded disease among our poul-
trv
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
To Keep Eyeglasses Clear.

Wearers of eyeglasses are fire.
quently annoyed in cold weather by
the deposit of moisture that forms on
the glass upon entering warm room.
According to a German technical jour-
nal, simple preventive of this annoy
ance is the rubbing Of the glasses with
soft potash soap every morning. After
the soap is applied the glasses can be
polished bright. the invisible film that
remains suficing to prevent the de-
posit of moisture.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Poultry Briefs.

The pheasants are coming into favor
and we may expect to see before many
years some such interest manifested
in them as is now shown in the Bel
gian hares. At the poultry shows they
are now given good deal of atten-
ton, and are being exhibited in their
most pleasing aspects. Among those
that are said to be best suited to
aviaries we might mention Silver
Pheasants, and Golden Pheasants. The
Silver Pheasants are the commonest
OF those kept in confinement.
The Rhode Island Experiment sta
ton two years ago began an investi-
cation as to the causes of mortality
among incubator chicks. During the
spring and summer of 1899, 1926 dead
chicks were examined. OF these 3s7
were males and 435 were females,
showing that during the time the
chicks were in the brooder larger
proportion of females died than males.
About one-third of all the chicks died
as the result of abnormalities produced
by bad conditions during incubation,
These "bad conditions" were alternate
heat and cold in too great degrees
About Is per cent of the dead chicks
were killed by tuberculous. I'm
proper feeding caused the greatest
losses, by disarranging the gall blad-
der, liver or intestines. Of the chicks
examines 75.7 per cent had abnormal
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Ants That Grow Mushrooms.

Prof. w. NJ Wheeler in the Ameri-
can Naturalist describes species Of
ants which raise mushrooms" for
food. They first cut leaves into small
pieces and carry them into their un-
derground chambers. Then they reduce
the leaves to pulp, which they de-
posit in a heap. In this heap the
mycelium of species OF fungus finds
lodging, and, the subterranean condi-
tions favoring such a result, minute
swellings are produced on the vegeta-
BILE mass. These are the 'mush-
rooms" which constitute almost the
sole food of the colony of ants that
cultivates them.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
RESULTS FROM EARTHOUAKE STUDY


Prof. John Milne says that upon
knowledge derived from the scientific
study of earthquakes new rules and
formulae for engineers and builders
have been established, and these prin-
ciples have been widely applied in
Japan and other countries, thereby
minimizing the loss Of life and prop
erty. Such studies have also been OF
practical use in the working of rail-
ways, especially in Japan, by local
izing faults in the rocks and suggest
ing alterations in the balancing OF
locomotives. Another ADVANTAGE
gained relates to ocean cables, as it
has become possible to indicate parts
of the sea-bottom that should be
avoided in laying such cables.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19

yellow spot of the retina. But why
the blurs in the other positions where
the white bands cross?
WHAT ABOUT THE PASSENGER

The public is indebted to the Daily
Mail of London for introducing,
through it's Geneva correspondent, an
engineer who is credited with an in
vention of mechanical brake"
which stops train that is running at
fifty miles an hour within distance
of twenty yards. Good! But what
about the passengers? train run
ming at the rate of fifty miles an
hour covers seventy-three and one
third feet a second; and to stop a
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
AN OPTICAL PROBLEM.

The simple illustration herewith
raises a question, namely why in
looking at the sixteen black squares,
a shadow is seen where four corners
meet-except at the place where the
eye directly gazes. This exception is,
:of course, explained by the fact that
just there, in the direct line of vision,
the image falls on the highly sensitive
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19

sliding steel door is provided on the
side toward the building which can
be closed tightly when passing
through flames. With this apparatus
it is also possible to elevate lines OF
hose to the tops of high buildings for
putting out the fire.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19

The worker wasps, like the worker
bees, are smaller than the queens or
males.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19

Col. B. w. Wren, traffic manager Of
the Plant system, says that the ship
ment OF oranges this year from Flor
ida is beyond all comparison with for
mer years. This year the shipments will
reacn 100000 boxes. He says: This
is the best yield of oranges Florida
has made since the freeze of 1895, when
everybody thought the death knell of
orange growing had been sounded"
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19

1t is generally admitted that COW
will give more and richer milk if al
ways milked by the same person. But
as it is manifestly sometimes inconve-
nient, and at others impracticable to-
comply with this rule, it is believed by.
good dairymen that it is better to,
train COW to be occasionally MIXED
by different person. A cows be-
havior is largely matter of habit, and
neither inconvenient nor had habits
should be encouraged.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Descendants OF the Jungle Fowl.

The general tendency of modern
poultry farming is away from the nat
ural methods 1t is part of the di-
vine plan that man should improve
upon Nature and Natures methods,
but success cannot be attained by ig-
norlng the lessons which Nature
teaches.
Modern methods on the poultry farm
are the results of mans efforts to meet
the imperative demand for increased
food supply resulting from an in
creased and ever increasing popula-
t1on. Centuries ago mans brain en-
ergles began TO be directed towards
this problem. The result has been
that the Jungle Fowl (Gallus bankiva,
and various allied species from India,
the Malay Peninsula and Archlpelago)
have been chosen and modified by Sc
lective breeding to conform to certain
demands, chief among which are
adaptability to climate, somewhat ar
bitrary standards of coloring, in
creased size, and, most conspicuous of
all, increased reproductive capacity.
The immediate results are seen in the
ever increasing number of new breeds
and varities, each especially adapted to
special conditions, to meet partcu ar
needs.
But the process Of Nature in poultry
raising is too slow to meet the de-
mands OF hungering population. The
rate OF multiplication must be in
creased; the process of growth must
be stimulated Science ii. c., common
sense) is the agent which has been
invoked, and not in vain. Scientific
poultry raising is already at work, and
is accomplishing wonders. Pause for
a moment to consider what would he
the price OF poultry meat and eggs if
we We're still obliged to depend upon
wild poultry for these staples. Note
how considerably the cost of living
has been reduced by those practical
students, who by judicious experiment
tation have succeeded in growing sew
eral pounds Ct poultry meat where but
Jne 6 eW before. Compare the weight
oI . good Brahma, Plymouth Rock, or
OF other improved breeds with the two
or three pound Jungle cock.)-Rhode
Island Experiment Station Bulletin.