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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

The raglan shirtwaist is the newest
with its sleeve carried up into the col
lar. The latest sleeve is the easy-fit-
ting bishop with a straight, narrow,
cuff Tapped over in a point.
A stylish and practical material is
the striped Scotch madras in its new
colorings, which show a great diver
sity of choice. Other tailor fabrics
are heavy white duck, or butchers lin
en-. Among the preferred goods, ex-
cellent for washable waists are the
figured cheviots, or those of plain col
ors with contrasting borders, fancy
pique or corded linen.
Lovely dainty waists are created
from the inexhaustible variety of fine
cotton textiles, exquisite in their dec
Grafton of lace stripes and figures. en-
broidery, hemstitchings and shirrings.
Among the new imported summer
cotton goods are silk-fnished French
chambrays, lowered and embroidered
India mulls and family tinted nous
seine brilliante.
The seasons shirtwaists are gener-
ally made without yokes in order to
preserve fashions long lines from
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
SPRAYING POTATOES AND
FRUIT TREES.

1t is no longer question of whether
or not it pays to spray, for this has long
been settled in the affirmative Nearly all
experiments show that it does, although
some seasons it pays better than others.
The time and method of application and
the materials to be used are important
For fruit trees one spraying before the
buds open, using bordeaux mixture, is
advisable to prevent scab and rust. Then
give another, to which is added paris
green for the cooling moth, as soon as
the blossoms are nearly all off. One or
two applications thereafter at intervals
of ten days to two weeks of the same
mixture will generally be all that is
necessary.
For potatoes the same materials are
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
How Fashions Are Created.

How are new fashions created?"
is a question that must certainly sug-
gest itself now and then to women.
Those unacquainted with Paris
chiffon and its mysteries probably
suppose that the fashion artist spends
much time in studying the harmoni-
Gus contours of his favorite model,
with her elegant figure, reposeful air
and graceful attitudes, which lend
themselves to the varied manifesto
lions of bis genius. They picture her
patiently submitting to the enervating
manipuations of the essayeuse, who
tries, measures, selects and discards
according to the capricious combina-
lions of a chief who changes his mind
with a suddenness born of genius in
search of the ideal. Finally, they
fondly imagine, he arrests the essay
euse's movements with a nervous, i'm
perious gesture. He has found his
ideal. The new fashion is evolved.
Alas, this romantic conception is
seldom realized. A fashion does not,
as a rule, emerge-complete, unique,
perfect-from the brain of one sartor-
ial genius, however eminent. More Of
ten it results from the collation. of iso-
lated ideas, which, floating in the am
bient air, are studied analysed and
materialized. But after what efforts,
failures and notifications!
Fashions frequently originate in the
fertile brains of Montmartre artists,
hundreds of whom are constantly de-
signing, inventing and copying. They
derive inspiration from pictures of the
dogaressas of the fifteenth century, the
marquises of the seventeenth century
and the elegantes of the empire.
These painted beauties furnish their
modern sisters with many lesson in
coquetry and adornment. Methods
differ in various houses, of course, but
as a rule any sketch, idea, design or
suggestion is Immediately on receipt
submitted to the chief. He forms his
opinion. Then, discreetly, he consults
two or three of his principal collabora-
tors in whose judgment he has perfect
confidence. Expert in the art of Sc
lection endowed with an artistic in
tuition fortified by the ripest COM
mercial and social experience, they are
qualified to decide. Should the idea
be adopted, the house imparts life
and grace to the conception, adapting
the picturesque sketch of the artist 70
it's practical purpose-the beautifica-
ton of modern belle rich enough to
pay for genius applied to la mode
Washington Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
BEES MATCHING HENS EGGS.

An Illinois beeIeeper has contrived a
plan of Matching chicks by placing the
eggs on top of the brood nest, directly
over the cluster of bees, of his bee
hives. Out of one hundred fertile eggs
he claims every one Matched a good
strong chick. At first thought this may
Seem little startling, but the plan no
doubt is feasible, when we consider that
the formal temperature Of a beehive is
100 degrees, which is nearly the right
temperature required to incubate eggs.
The time required to produce worker
bee from the egg is twenty-one days,
the same as that of chick
This certainly promises to be a step
in advance There can be no risk of
roasting the eggs, as is often the case
with an incubator, and on the other
hand the danger of the eggs being de-
serted by freaky hens will be done away
with, bit we must not forget that bees
are sometimes freaky, too. A beehive
would probably accommodate in the
neighborhood of four dozen eggs at one
tiine-F. G. Honnon in Ne10 England
Homestead
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

shoulder to belt. The fronts, finished
with the usual box-plait, are laid in
small tucks or plaits in the shoulder
seam.
Several varieties of sailor blouse
have appeared with the regulation
deep collar and shield. One form Of
collar is developed into revers in front,
with the usual sailor-back.
A modification of the Russian blouse
is another fashionable model, the over
tapping side bordered with Russian
embroidery as well as the stock and
cuffs.-American Queen.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
The Right Kind of a Boy.

The other morning we were In the
midst of three days rain. The fire
smoked, the dining-room was chilly,
and, when we assembled for break
fast, papa looked rather grim. and
mamma tired; for the baby had been
restless all night. Polly was plainly
inclined to fretfulness, and Bridget
was undeniably cross, when Jack came
in with the breakfast rolls from the
bakers. He had taken off his rubber
coat and boots in the entry. and he
came in rosy and smiling.
Here's the paper. sir" said he to
his father. with such a cheerful tone
that his fathers brow relaxed; and he
said, "Ah. Jack. thank you," quite
pleasantly.
His mother looked IN at him smil-
ing, and he Just touched her cheek
gently as he passed.
TOP of the morning to you. Polly
wog," he said to his little sister. and
delivered the rolls to Bridget. with a
Here you are. Bridget. Aren't you
sorry you didn't go yourself this beau
tiful day."
He gave the fire poke and opened
damDer. The smoke ceased and
presently the Goals began to glow
and five minutes after Jack came in
we gathered around the table and
were eating our oatmeal as cheerily
as nossible This seems very simple
in the telling, and Jack never knew
he had done anything at all: but he
had. in fact, changed the whole moral
atmosphere of the room. and had
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
PIG FEEDING EXPERIMENTS.

The elaborate pig feeding experiments
conducted at Game under the auspices of
the Agricultural Committee of the Wits
County Council have served to bring
out in striking fashion the materials and
mixtures that constitute the most eff
fective and profitable feed for pigs. The
influences of the different rations were
measured and compared by all conceiv-
able standards, and farmers aiming at
the profitable production of good bacon
pigs can scarcely be wrong in applying
the lessons of these experiments in their
piggeries. On a general estimate of the
results the most effective and remuner-
alive ration was that composed of maize
meal, potatoes and separated milk. This
mixture was the cheapest and gave the
largest increase both in live and carcass
weight
The next best ration consisted of bar
ley meal, potatoes, and separated milk,
and though it cost more, weight for
weight, and was less effectual in pro-
noting growth than the maize ration,
this mixture yielded a much superior
quality carcass, and by reason of this
fact was little inferior to the other as
a profit yielding feed. 1t was shown
that potatoes might be omitted from
either ration, but not advantageous
ly, by the addition of potatoes. A very
useful feed is mixture of maize and
barley meals with potatoes and sepa-
rated milk Barley is most effective
ingredient in raising the quality of the
carcass for ewing purposes, and the eco
nomic value OF separated milk is dis
tinctly shown, Maize encourages growth
and flesh development, but produces a
poor quality bacon unless a counteracting
material such as barley is given with it.
Crushed oats, bean meal, and pea meal
were not economic ingredients, all being
too costly for the return obtained.-
London Morning Post.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

FidCh anu VIC IituIcHhDt.
Black Hawk was an Indian chief,
ruler of the Sacs and Foxes who lived
in the northwestern part of Illinois
many years ago. In 1882 Black Hawk
led his tribe in war against the white
settlers to resist the attempt of the
United States government to move his
people to a reservation west of the
Mississippi river. The United States
sent many soldiers into Illinois to
overcome the red men and several bat
ties were fought. Among the soldiers
from Illinois was a young man over
six feet tall and as awkward as he
was tall He was Abraham Lincoln,
afterward president OF the United
States. In the forces of the white
men was young lieutenant from the
state of Mississippi. He was only 70
years old, but was bright and alert.
No sooner bad the old chief. Black
Hawk, seen this young officer than he
took a decided liking to him and the
lieutenant also rejoiced in the friend
ship of the Indian. Black Hawk was
captured and taken to Washington to
be shown the strength Of the white
men and later was sent back to his
people, who had been removed to the
reservation prepared for them. The
friendship between the old chief and
the YOUNG lieutenant continued through
all these trials until Black Hawk died.
That young lieutenant was Jefferson
Davis, afterward president of the gov
eminent formed by the seeding
southern states.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

Women who are fortunate enough
to possess pearls wear them constantly.
In so doing it is said that they pre-
vent their being injured by a microbe
which attacks them when they are
laid away. This little parasite eats
through the outer coating Of the pearl,
destroying it's beautiful sheen and
leaving only the dull substance I'M
derneath.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
HAVE GOOD PASTURES FOR
STOCK

The farmer who is not willing to in
crease his crops and improve in his sys-
TEN Of farming should not purchase
pure-brcd stock, as if will not pay to
transfer a good animal from luxurlant
pasture to a barren farm. Good breeds
demand the best Of pastures and care in
feeding, but they not only pay for the
better treatment but also give a profit.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
Usually the Case.

Little Waldo-Papa, what is a IL
brary?
Mr.. Reeder-A library, my son, is n
large number of books which a man
loans to friends.-Harper's Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
THE CULTIVATION OF CELERY.

The seeds may be started in hot bed
for early crops the plants to be trans
planted as soon as they will bear hand
ling, which is when they are about five
or six inches high. When started in the
open land sheltered place should be
selected. The best method for trans
which are dug about one and one-half
feet deep, one foot wide and the bot,
tom filled six or eight inches with we'll
rotted manure. This should be covered
with good soil well mixed with manure
to depth of about three inches and
trodden down slightly to make it more
compact, after this there should be two
or three inches of good soil added to set
the plants. The plants after being taken
from seed bed and SuccorS removed
should be set six to eight inches apart in
rows. The trenches in drills should be
three feet apart. Draw the earth around
the plants as they advance in growth but
leave the top until the final soling. This
earthing should be kept dry; an occa-
sional application of salt will improve
the quality. The soil should be kept
loose around the plants and liquid man
ure frequently added; from the middle
of August to the middle of September
being the most favorable time for grow
ing it, A moderate or light frost will
not hurt celery, but whenever heavy
frost is anticipated it should be looked
after; it is best however to leave it out
as long as possible About four or five
weeks before celery is wanted for table
use, the stalks should be blanched by
covering with soil SO as to entirely ex-
clude the light. This operation con-
sists in banking up the plants with earth
on each side nearly or quite to the top.
When celery is to be sent to market late
in fall or early in winter it is generally
stored in trenches.-Ihe EbA0nltst
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
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PROPER FERTILIZER FOR TUR-
NIPS.

1t is said that for some soils barn
yard manure to which a little super
phosphate has bean added seems to be
a very desirable fertilizer for turnips.
This is undoubtedly true OF soils of min
cral origin which have previously been
subjected to careless farming.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

started a gloomy day pleasantly for
five people
He is always So" said his mother,
when l spoke to her about it after
ward, Gust so sunny and kind and
ready all the time. / suppose there
are more brilliant boys in the world
than mine, but none with a kinder
heart or a sweeter temper. I am sure
of that Our Dumb Animals.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

used-the bordeaux to prevent blight and
rot and the paris green to kill the bugs.
The pumps must be started early in
fact much earlier than is the common
practice. As soon as the vines are
nicely Up give them an application OF
weak bordeaux and repeat this from
five to seven times at intervals of ten
days each This will prevent the spores
from getting a foothold and it is only
in prevention that any good is accom-
plished The paris green may be added
as needed With the improved sprayers,
which cover four to six rows at once,
from twenty to thirty acres may be gone
over in a day of ten hours, SO that the
expense of labor is slight.
The spray must be fine and evenly dis
tributed. A heavy application OF big
drops runs off and does not accomplish
as much as a fine, light mist Paris
green is commonly used at the rate OF
one pound to one hundred and fifty or
two hundred gallons of water for both
potatoes and apple trees. Bordeaux Is
made by shaking six pounds fresh stone
lime in water, then strain and dilute to
twenty-five gallons. Dissolve four
pounds sulphate of copper in twenty-five
gallons water and when ready to spray
mix the two-Ameriedn AgrienIti~gst.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

The tunnels of the Steamer Oceanic
are of such gigantic proportions that two
tram cars could pass through them, side
by side.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30
TO MAKE A GOOD Usage HEDGE

TO MAKE A GOOD Usage HEDGE.
First make the soil in the hedge. Now
fine and mellow to good depth. A loot
deep is generally better than less depth
under the plants. 1t IS preferred to
have the plants set on a slight ridge, tour
to six inches above the general level.
Good one-year-old plants are generally
preferred to older ones. These should
be root-pruned to about ten or twelve
inches in length of root, and the top cut
back to about the same length, enough
to take in the plant, placing the plant
slanting with the row, at an angle OF
about forty-fve degrees. This will in
duce two or more Shoots to start from
each plant, insuring thick base ne
plants should be set about one foot
apart in the row.
After being well cultivated the first
season, any that have failed to grow
should be replaced with good strong
plants the following spring. In June
Of the second year. the young hedge
should be cut back to about two feet
high. A year later, cut it to three or
three and one half feet and the follow
ing June to four and a half feet at
which height it should be kept perlna-
nently. With a sharp corn knife, or
piece of a scythe the needed clipping IS
quickly done Sometimes two clippings
a year are needed.
Good Usage plants are generally sold
in the central and western States at
about $3.50 per 1000.
saw last spring new way OF break
ing an old Usage hedge that had been
allowed to grow at random until 1t was
fifteen or twenty feet high and OF little
value as fence The plants were cut
down to within three or four inches OF
the ground, leaving one about every
twelve to fifteen feet, five feet high.
Then a strip of wovenwire fencing,
thirty inches wide, was nailed to the
fve-foot posts, with barbed wire
stretched higher up, The closet y-cut
stumps sent up abundant sprouts, form
ing a fairly close hedge. The woven
wire made it pig-proof, and the five-foot
posts will last indefinitely as living posts.
This experiment promises well.
Usage timber for posts is probably the
most durable in the ground OF any
American wood, not excepting red cedar.
E. Y. 7. in The Country Gentlemen
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-30

SIS.
The aH-the-year-ro COW is the pay
ing COW.
See that the cows have a liberal
amount of salt.
A change of food is appetizing for all
kinds of stock.
1t will pay any dairyman to make
study of feeding.
Always keep cabbage hanging up in
the poultry-house.
Regular milking will develop the milk
secreting organs of the cow.
There is no longer a profit in butter
unless the quality is of the best.
The most successful farmers now are
those who are intensive" farmers.
The mixer should always wash and
dry his hands just before milking.
1t is claimed that the demand for small
sheep ranches was never so great.
Under no circumstances should de-
composed or mouldy foods be led to
cows.
1t is a fairly safe plan to cover all
garden seeds according to the size OF the
seed.
Young pigs should be encouraged to
begin eating food before they are
weaned
AS a rule you Will find that the cost OF
milking a COW decreases as her yfeh
increases.
The gooseberries and currants should
be pruned so as to form spreading,
open head.
Don't neglect giving the chicks some
green bone. 1t will make them grow
and thrive.
Never allow any dog around the sheep
unless you have got the greatest con-
fdence in him.
It is better to start a new strawberry
he'd on land that has been in cultivation
a year or two.
Gull out the poor layers in the poultry
yard the same as you would the poor
mixers in .the COW barn.
The chief advantage of a creamery il
the reduction in cost to produce caused
by the saving of labor.
Have your stalls and cutters so ar
ranged that the cows may be kept clean
with as little trouble as possible
Ventilation is great thing for stock,
but of course there is vast difference
between ventilation and draught.
One reason why SO many believe poul-
try to be improbable is that they never
even as much as try to make them prof
table
Special poultry cars are being used by
some of the English railroads, so that
chickens for the British market can be
fattened during the journey. One at
tendant takes care of number of the
cars. Chickens are bought in the country
districts of Russia or Italy and reach the
English market alive and considerably
improved by being well fed during the
trip.-NegV York Heekly Witness.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-07-18
sIMrLE gYsTEM or IRRIGATION.

trenches shown in the figure rs trend.
Ing diaEonally toward the rigkt.hHnd
lower corner. From these trenches
the water can be turned upon The low
er fields so that the excess or Seepage
IL not wasted. but Is employed on the
less elevated tracts.
Canvas dams are generally employed
In checking the waters nyCr the field,
rs they are most convenient. The fol-
lowing description viii! enable anyone
10 construct them, aud will also OK
plain their use. The materials used In
the construction Of a canvas dam are
q piece of timber. usually two by
four scautlinR, long enough to reach
across the top Of the ditch from bank
tO bank; small stick varying in
length according ia the width Of the
Itch to he damned, hut no longer
than will lie across the bottom " the
ditch without leaving any consider
able space between the atlck and she
bottom; a brace or stick about one
third longer than the depth ct the
iitch and piece Of canvas about one
ditch and as long az the width Of the
iitcn at the upper edge. The canvas
Is cut into traprZoidal shape, come
What resembling but larger Than
section Of the ditch. The long edge ~
the canvas Is fastened 30 the sraHt-
ting FIRST described and the short edge
to the small stick II is well 30 have
o little margin Of the canvas below
this short stick.
The dam Is placed by throwing the
scaB,llng across the ditch just below
The point at which 1t r. desired 10 dl.
Fert the water. The canvas rests in
the ditch, with the short stick lying
across the bottom. far enough up
stream from the location Of the scanj-
ling TO make the canvas nearly tight.
The brace Is placed with enc end
nCainst The scantliug and the other
against the short stick. thus prevent.
Ing the canvas from being washed
back under the scantliug.
4 little earth Is thrown upon the
loose edges OF the canvas. where It
rests against the banks and against
the bottom of the ditch. and the
water IL turned IN. The weight uf the
water presses the canvas against the
banks. ~ that there h scarcely any
leakage. In some cases permanent
dams with head gates are placed in
the dltches. and this is often done
where bitches branch and II Is desira.
bic to divert the water to one or the
other branch.-W ]. Blanchard, In
YARN and Home.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-07-18
MEN AND AFFAIRS AT HOME

I,ev. Theodore Guyler, Of the f.afs-
yette Presbyterian church, Brooklyn.
has refused his consent to this cree
tiun Of a monument of himself In
Cuyier park, brooklyn.
United States Senator John r
Jones, Of Nevada, has over $4,000 In.
sessed u, orange growing near Los
Angeles. Cal. and has become quits
an expert judge OF the fruit.
Mrs. Jegu Fuaua Berkham, wife OF
the governor Of Kentucky, 10 only -
years old. She met the present gov
ernor while he was speaker of the
Kentucky house of representatives.
President Mckinley Ii pIsnning 70
make trip TO she northwest early
next susnmer, visiting Washington,
region and the northern belt Of rtates.
taking Ia the yeliowstoae park. which
he has never seem
rhair1naa burton and n iaexnhera
Of the river and harbor conmittee.
affer their return from Alaska. a..
pset ID visit the finland empire :
They viii inspect the CexumbiA and
Stake rivers rom rnrtlnnas oEs~ a
Lewtstoa. Idahot