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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
TILE SAN Jose SCALE.

Professor V. /. Kellogg, of Stanford
University, writes Interestingly in
Science of the work done by Mr.. S. l.
Kuwana in his study of the San Jose
scale This insect, now one of the
most formidable pests of fruits and
nursery stock, has spread through
thirty-fye states and territories, and,
while everywhere recognized as
scourge, is flourishing il spite of the
active antagonism of economic en-
tomologists, state legislatures, and
fruit-growers. Professor Kellogg states
that, in his own belief, the only way
by which its ravases can be checked
is by the importation of one or more
of its natural enemies These, appar-
emily are lady-bird beetles. With the
object of finding a natural enemy cap
able of keeping the nest In check, Mr..
kuwana spent all last summer in
Japan, from which country the insect
probably came, studying its habits and
environments. AS a result of his eX-
ploration, it is certain that the San
Jose scale is widely distributed over
the whole empire of Japan, though in
few places is it a serious pest. The
natural enemies keeping it down he
found to be three species Of lady-bird
beetles, and one moth. the larva of
which feeds on the scale. One of these
three species of lady-bird beetles is
everywhere common, and seems very
efficient in decreasing the amount Of
the pest. Whether the importation of
the beetle into this country would
check the ravages of the scale here
is problematical, but, at any rate, it
is well worth trying. Mr.. Kuwana's
observations certainly point to the con-
clusion that the San Jose scale inhabit-
ed Japan before it entered North
America. though, since he was I'M
able to find it growing on any unculti-
waited tree, it is probable that its
original home is farther west-in
China.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
BEST LOCATION FOR BEES.

Most every one has his or her favor
tie location for the apiary Some
choose the most shaded point possible.
After experimenting for several years
we have determined that, in our local
Fly at least, the most exposed place
possible is prolific of the best results.
In The country between the Missouri
river and the mountains the nights are
usually cool, and we find that the mer-
curry falls two or three degrees lower
in the shade than on the open ground,
that it requires much longer time to
warm up the hives in the shade in the
morning than those not shaded and,
besides this, the sun comes out so
warm in the morning that often before
the colonies in the shade are warmed
up the sun has eyapOrated a great
portion of the nectar. Ii is with the
Doe as with the farm hand; the fellow
who gets out early in the morning is
the one who usually accomplishes the
greatest days work.
In experimenting with this matter
of location we find that the colony
located nearest the shade gathers the
least stores while those located on the
most exposed ground gather most One
case in particular was a colony shaded
10y small plum tree. AS the tree
grew the colony produced less stores,
until it barely gathered sufficient to
winter itself We moved this colony
out into the sunlight and it went back
10 its old record in honey making.
We set our hives facing the east.
that the sun may shine on the entrance
as soon as it peeps up in the morning,
and further, that it may shine on the
rear late in the evening in order 10
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
FOWLS AND YOUNG TREES.

Run the hens in the orchard among
the young trees as much as possible.
THcy are beneficial to the trees i'll
various ways. A southern horticul-
turist who has young peach orch
ard that was, and is still the admira-
rion of his neighborhood, states that
lie owes much TO his poultry for the
thrift and beauty of his peach trees
He asserts that the hens. under his
system Of management keep his young
trees free from borers. 1t is his Gus
tom to loosen the earth about the base
of tie trees, which action attracts the
hens to them to scratch for worms and
Insects in the loose soil; and in doing
so they get ut that part of the tree
where the borers generally do the
most damage, that is just beneath the
surface ordinarily, and then they clean
out everything in the way of worms
and bugs about the base of the trees.
III is n good plan to place the coops
containing the little chickens among
the young trees, too. They are great
bug hunters and will do much work
Of this kind when they have the oppor-
unity. The most thrifty trees we
ever grew We're those set out in the
chicken yards.-H. B. G., in The Epit-
Onist
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
TO GIVE A FINE COAT.

Food influences the character Of the
coat more than anything else. \ sue
culent and at the same time a nutri-
tiOus and properly balanced food in
fluences the coat favorably. 1t makes
il more vigorous, more glossy and
more messy to the touch. An illustra-
ton of this is found in the abundant
eXuberance of the coat in the spring
after cattle, for instance, have been
turned out upon grass that has made
considerable growth. Had the same
animals been continued on Il winter
diet they would have been slow to shed
their coats. The growth of the hair
would also be less vigorous, and it
would not have that fine luster about
it which is so attractive in the coat
of the animal feeding on nutritious
pastures.
The favorable influence which a
liberal diet of field roots has on the
coat of growing animals has been fire.
1uently noticed. 1t furnishes an illus
tration of the influence thus eXerted in
winter by feeding properly consti-
tuted succulent food. But there are
few foods not succulent in character
that exert a favorable influence on the
coat. One of these is oil cake. 4
second is akin to it and yet more
expensive, that is ground linseed.
Steamed barley eXertS fine infu-
ence on the coat of horses. New milk
exerts an admirable influence on the
coat of young animals. Food over
earbonaceous Injuries the coat. 1t does
SO partly by deranging digestion and
partly because of the lack of balance
in the food ingredients which it
furnishes.-The Farmer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
CHRISTOPHER DESTROYERS.

Alexander Craw, quarantine officer
OF the State Board of Horticulture, has
received from Australia consignment
of tachina, which are expected to ex-
terminate the grasshoppers of Califor-
MIA. The tachinas are said to be the
hereditary enemies of the 'hoppers,
and are guaranteed to do no injury to
trees or vines, but to devote their time
and energies strictly to the purpose for
which they are imported. The flies
will be kept in cold storage, at tenn
perature of about % degrees, until May,
when they will be liberated simultane-
ously with the annual appearance OF
the grasshoppers. The Australian
consignment also comprises a consid-
cradle number of lady birds, which are
believed to be adapted for the destruc-
ton of tue red scale of Santa Clara or
chards.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
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FEEDING VALUE OF SKIMMILk
AND WHEY.

Carefully made tests in feeding
skiInmnk TO stock show that five
pounds Of skimmilk from the gravity
system is equal to one pound Of grain.
If separator skimmilk is used. it re
quircs six pounds to equal one pound
of grain. As a general rule. whey is
abou; half as valuable as skimmilk,
that is it requires 10 to II pounds Of
whey to produce as much gain as one
pound of grain. Both are exceedingly
valuable for pigs and should be fed
in the best possible condition as soon
as available. Do not allow either to
become sour.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
OUR SILK INDUSTRY.
The Greatest in the World, Though Now
Suffering From Oyerproduction.

Su1IeTlnS from OVerpfOOuctlon.
Our silk manufacturers have been
producing more goods than they can
sell. They are feeling the i'll results
of overproduction and the last annual
dinner of the silk makers was natu-
rally not quite so joyous an occasion
as usual. Not q few operatives have
been thrown out of employment, the
wages Of others have been reduced and
the result is a strike in the silk mills
and a complete shutdown in many of
them. The industry, however, is only
temporarily under a cloud. The rapid
ity with which our silk interests have
forged ahead of the rest of the world
is one of the striking features Of our
Industrial development. When the
present unsettled condition ceases
there will be new era OF prosperity.
One of the leading French trade pa
pers last month admitted that the con-
sumption of raw silk in the United
States had for three years exceeded
that of France. The producing power
of this country which has equalled that
Of France since 1897, now surpasses it
and French silk manufacturers do not
expect to be able to regain their SUI
premacy in the annual output of silk
goods.
Foreign manufacturers are keenly
sensible of the loss they have incurred
through our silk mills, which now pro-
duce most of the silk this country con-
sumes- They say they cannot pay the
high duties our tariff imposes and
compete with our mills. Many of them
are attempting to repair their i'll for
tune in a way which may surprise
most of our people. A number of Ger
man, French and Swiss manufacturers
have come to America and built mills
here to compete on our own soil for
part of our trade. They are not con-
fining this policy to the United States.
New silk mills built by Swiss manu-
facturers, for example, are now found
in Germany, Italy and France as well
as in America. France still claims to
head the list of producers, but to make
her claim good her statisticians have
to include the silk mills erected by
French capital in foreign countries.
The future prospects of the silk
trade seem bright. The industry is
growing and extending and more peo-
pie now wear silk than ever before.
Our own prospects will be greatly i'm
proved when we sell our silk wares
abroad instead of depending upon the
home market for practically all of our
trade. Foreign manufacturers expect
to see our goods invading their home
markets short time ago one of the
leading silk men of Lyons and st.
Etienne told Consul Burnot that the
day was not far distant when American
manufacturers would sell silk piece
goods and ribbons in Paris and Lon
don, not only at lower prices, but also
of better quality than France is now
able to produce. Thus even the
French manufacturers, with all the
prestige their fine wares have given
them, really expect fierce competition
from American goods. though our
young industry has reached large de-
yelopments only within the past few
years.-New York Sun.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
Trouble With a Telescope.

Continued observation with the tele-
scope of the Yerkes Observatory re-
yealed the unpleasant existence of a
number of curious streaks of light run
ming horizontally, whose appearance
had certainly never been noticed before
and gave rise to redoubled uneasiness.
And yet everything seemed right with
the glass, viewed externally, and the
most searching investigation could
discover no cause. At last, in despera-
ton, the eyepiece end was unscrewed,
and Professor Ellerman, as slimmest
of the party, was hidden to crawl, as
he we'll could do. along in the tube it
self and see if he could discover aught
amiss. He crept along well enough,
so wide is the tube, till he got be-
yond the centre, when the telescope be-
gan to turn over with his weight, and
he would have slid down on the top OF
the glass had not the other end been
promptly seized and held fast. Then
he continued his journey, and in an
other moment had discovered the I'M
suspected author of the mischief, an
oyerindustrious spider and her equally
Woodworking progeny, who had sue
ceeded in filling up the entire end OF
the tube with a mass of cobwebs in
the hope of catching what must have
been wholly imaginary flies. The webs
and their spinners were carefully re-
moved and from that day to this the
behavior of the Yerkes forty-inch glass
has been all that heart could desire
Good Words.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
YOUNG CALVES SHOULD BE
KEPT DRY.

Under no circumstances should
spring calves. or fall calves for that
matter, be allowed to stay out during
rainy weather. They should be kept
in barn or stable and provided with
plenty of dry bedding. If they are
allowed to get wet their feed will have
to he increased, their coats become
rough and they cease to grow. They
must be kept in a thrifty, healthy
condition at all times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

alton. The suffering l endured pen
cannot describe | was treated by
one of our most prominent physicians
here for five months, and found myself
getting worse instead of better. At
the end of the fifth month he told me
he had done all he could for me, and
that had better go to the hospital.
My sister advised me to try your
Vegetable Compound, as it cured her
of backache. l did so, and took it
faithfully, and am now cured of my
trouble, and in perfect health, many
thanks to your medicine. l cannot
praise it enough, and would recon-
mend it to all who suffer from any
female weakness. - MRS. II. S. BALL.
461 Orchard St, New Haven, Conn.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

facilitate evaporation as long as pos
sible. We use a temporary shade
made with a few old slaves tackled
on two by two. two feet long, and
which protects the top and sides of
the hive. allowing free circulation
of air. and the sun to shine on either
end as it is reached.-E. Whitcomb,
in New England Homestead.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
A Moan Man,

There's the meanest man ever
net" said the shoe dealer, as the GUS
toner passed out of his store. "A
number seven boot fits him nicely, but
he buys number eleyens, because he
gets them for the same price. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

The purchase by the United States
treasury of $2,672 900 of bonds is in
teresting because it brings our bonded
debt below a billion dollars for the
first time in some years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

United States Commissioner of Labor
Wright in an article in the Century
argues that nations expenses should
be proportionate to its wealth, and not
necessarily limited by its population.
In 1891, he says, the per capita ex-
penditure by the federal government
was only 40 cents a year; in 1850 it was
81 so and in 1900 it had risen to $3.50.
This looks like an exorbitant increase;
but he thinks it is justified by the in
crease in the wealth of the nation.
Fifty years ago our wealth was some
what over seven billions. and now it is
ninety-four billions. While the gov
eminent now spends four times as
much as it did then, our wealth is
thirteen times as great. The ratio Of
increase in government expenses in the
last thirty years has been even greater
than England, France, Germany and
Russia than in the United States. The
Chicago Inter Ocean in dealing with
this subject remarks: THE people Of
civilized nations expect of their gov
ernments a hundred times more than
did the people of hundred or even
fifty years ago. And they get it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

Let us treat Funston, the hero, so
berly and sanely, as becomes a nation
of intelligent, level-headed people,
generous in our praise of his daring
achievement. but sparing in our gush
and our fattery, pleads the Chicago
Record Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
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One man has found $40 bill cling
ing to his bicycle tire among thousands
of men whose wheels have picked up
only tacks. Luck may be a fool, but
he is a discriminating one.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

While there is a strong movement in
Ireland for the revival of the ancient
language, it is different in Wales. A
poll taken at Cardiff on the question
whether children in the board schools
should be taught the Welsh language
has resulted in a majority of $40 votes
against it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

A co-educational normal school in
New York state is taking desperate
measures to wipe out the practice of
sparkling A curfew bell will be rung
at sunset, and uniformed female stu
dent policemen will patrol the grounds
of the institution. The incoming couple
will find themselves joined by an I'M
sympathetic third, who will stick clos
er than a brother, and the enraptured
pair, finding the glamour of loneliness
gone from lovers lane" will fee to
indoors decorum. This is very pref
ty theory, but it will not work. The
gentler sex is too sympathetic in af-
fairs of the heart ever to be overly
stern. When was there woman I'M
der the duenna age who had not a soft
spot for the little god?
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

There are men of means in South
Carolina who are firmly convinced that
a marketable quality of tea can be
raised in that state at a profit. The
proof of their sincerity is their invest
ment in lands of which one thousand
acres will be planted to tea this year.
Next year it is expected that 300, zoe
pounds of tea will be produced and
sold. If this experiment shall succeed
more capital will go into the business,
and South Carolina will have new
and important source Of wealth. Small
quantities of tea of good quality have
been grown in the south.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

An industrious collector of curiosi-
ties has made list of the choice ex-
pressions used at a recent sitting Of the
Austrian parliament. These are some
of the potter epithets used: Liar.
scoundrel, cad, cur, thief, rascal, con-
vict, professional drunkard, maniac,
fool, idiot, beast, lump of mud, shame
less swindler, incapable donkey, rep
tile, creeping insect, dirty heather, OK.
pickpocket, pirate, burglar, street
cleaner, clown, clustering BOBBY. muir
derer, brainless nobody, assassin, pen
niless hanger-on, elephant, street arab.
rhinoceros, crocodile, skunk, rogue,
blackmailer, jailbird, ape, vulture
beast of prey and BLACKBOARD. The
author of the list fears it is far from
complete.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

Young men who are planning for
themselves a long career Of activity
and success must bear in mind the fact
that the public opinion they create
will in time determine their own for
tunes. If they drive old men out of
business, they in turn must expect to
be driven out, observes the Christian
Register. A recent writer calls atten-
ton to the fact that Moses began his
career at eighty, and that Lincoln had
hardly been heard of until he was past
fifty. Gladstone was sixty and Dis
raeli sixty-three when they became for
the first time prime ministers. The
truth is that there are some things
that young men can do better than old
men, and there are other things which
old men can do better than young
ones; and, in the long run, society will
find out what it can get from all its
members, whether young or old, and
will treat them accordingly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

cine. | must say 1t
is the gra n d e s t
medicine on earth,
and have advised
a great many SUI
fering with female
troubles to take it.
l tell people l wish
l could go on the
platform and lee
ture on it.
= My trouble was
painful menstrual
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25


until ill., and really want to
do not
absurd Ask
him to produ
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

The West Virginia senate has voted
to appropriate $1,000 for a statue o.
Ex-Governor Pierpont. the first gov
ernor of the state. to be placed in
Statuary hall in the national capitol,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

public confidence firm
would TRUTH
oil a va fellow beings
Vegetable
in NewE this
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25

There have been many prosecutions
in New York city recently under a
new law which provides for the punish
ment of theft of gas or electricity. The
law is very comprehensive, and pro-
vides for the tapping of supplies with
out passing through the meter or other
instrument provided for registering the
quantity consumed, and for the OBJ
struction or injury to meter. Until
this law was passed the electric com
panies knew perfectly well that they
were being robbed, but found no way
of Furnishing in any adequate way
those responsible. Several offenders
have been convicted, and one of them
was sentenced to pay fine of $3.50 or
spend sixty days in prison.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
ORGANIC INFLAMMATION.

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with it. | had two doctors, but they
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more of your medicine instead of
going to the doctors, they would be
better off. The Compound has also
cured my husband of kidney trouble. "
MRS MABEL GooKIN,
Box 100. Mechanic Falls, Maine.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
PAINFUL PERIODS.

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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-25
NERVOUS PROSTRATION.

4" For two years l suffered from
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very badly, and at time of menstrual
ton would be obliged to go to bed.
Also suffered with headaches, pain
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wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, and received
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-22
THE BOARD OF TRADE
Dcysing Means by Which Much Needed Funds
May Be Raised.

At recent meeting of the board Of
directors Of the Gardiner Board Of
Trade. several matters Of interest came
up for discussion. 1t was decided to
hold 4 public meeting. Friday eve
ming. March -. at odd Fellows hail.
the lodge most generously rendering it
for this purpose. T.. NJ Elaniing.
editor OF the Industrial journal. will
deliver an address, as will others Of
Well-known reputc.
The matter Of raising funds. of
which the board is very much in need.
was discussed. The members have
recently done considerable canvassing
for dues and have been very success
full. all paying when asked. Many
new members are now being taken in
and it is hoped that every person in
the city who has the interest of the
place at heart viii become member,
whether asked or not.
During the month Of May an enter
t2inmcnt may be given. Already say
cral Of the organizations Of the city
hav" offered to furnish entertain
mentS for some Of the evenings ana
with a few more it il assured TINT 4
good weeks entertainment can Hc ar
ranged ana a roodly sum added ID tho
treasury.