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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
TO MAKE A GARDEN.

The first thing to be decided is the
contour and size OF the beds. Often this
is predetermined by the shape OF the
lott still, beds should follow the curves
OF paths, as plants rarely look well If
grown in straight lines. Curves are not
always possible to secure, and, after all,
shape is merely question OF taste. Con
slider the garden and lawn as a whole,
trying with fine eye of imagination to see
the garden in all its summer luXuriance.
An uninterrupted lawn vista is one OF
the beautiful things in nature; though If
one desires a brilliant bit of color to
break it with bed of golden-leaved sal
via or one of Madam Bruant geraniums
would be striking. A decidedly tropical
effect can be secured by using the bronze
iol'aged ricinls i'll mass, surrounded by
glowing scarlet canna5. If one is for
tunate enough to have lilacs. syringas. or
the pretty barbcrry-brushes grouped near
the edge of the garden or lawn, here will
be the very nook for the fragrant lilv-of-
the valley and the lovely amaryllis Pop
pies and delicate larkspur all thrive ad-
mirably among the hardy shrubs In
planning borders, place tall-growing va
Tietes in 1he background-for this, can
mas with their orchdlike bloom, or tie
;maranthuS may be used. The double
dahlia is particularly effective in this
way.
As soon as the ground can be worked,
the soil must be spaded and turned that
the spring sunshine may warm it stuff
ciently before seed-sowing. -,HarPer'S
Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
MIXING CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS.

Chemicals can be mixed together and
used without any material for dilutlon.
In years Of their use for all crops and
under all conditions. | have in no case
used any dilutant 1t is not advisable to
use them in large amounts in the hill
unless they are thinly spread. The prac-
ice Of using large quantities in the hill IN
any event is one not to be commended,
50 that little danger exists in their use
alone when wisely or lightly used. Nj
trate Of soda and muriate OF potash are
not safe materials to use in the hill, as it
is found that these materials in the early
stages OF plant growth, when IN excess,
tend to retard growth
Ii is my custom to use half and halt
quantities of yard manure and chemicals
and for corn to spread the chemicals
broadcast when used to the amount OF
500 pounds to the acre. This system may
not give the corn SO quick start, but 1t
calls the roots out and feds them well for
the final crop and succeeds. w. San
born, in Ne7V England Homestead.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
HOUSING THE FARM IMPLE-
MFNTS

There are many farmers throughout
the country who should have better shell
ter for farming tools. In passing a
farm recently | noticed moving ma
chine, rake and two cultivators standing
outdoors. How long they had been ex-
posed do not know, but it was probably
since last used. Allowing good farm i'm
PIGMENTS to stand out in this way is bad
management, and the time is not far dis
fant when they will have to be replaced
with new There are some tools that
would be almost ruined by being exposed
in this way for only one winter, and none
Of the things would be in as good shape
for use next spring as they would had
they been properly housed since they
were last used.
At present there are many tools that
the farmer, cultivating one hundred
acres should have, but many Of these
tools will be short lived unless protected
from the elements | would advise the
purchasing of thee improved implements
If the farmer can afford them and has
a suitable place for them when rot in use,
II no. he would better hire from his
neighbors for time. A good substan-
;ial building, to shelter all the tools
needed on any culinary farm can be built
for 4 moderate sum, say $50 to SIS &C
cord;ng to location. The damage done
tools left outside all the year through,
would amount to enough in four years
TO erect a good building and then it is so
much better to have the tools free from
rust and in good order for using. From
a business standpoint the interest on cost
Of AID wear on such building is far less
than the wear on the tools when exposed
Therefore build a tool house Ii you
cannot afford to put up shelter of some
kind for the tools, You certainly cannot
afford n own them Shelter ycur tools
Again in many instances farmers who
have no tool house arc obliged to run
their binders and rakes into the barn or
stable. where they are much in the way
an unhandy to get at, the result is they
arc often left ont until long after done
us;nc. Years ago there were net 50
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Observations.

Any one may have rheumatism; it
takes wealth to support govt.
Nothing is impossible to a man who
loves or to a woman who hates.
Men often appear to have something
great on their minds when it is only
too much on their stomachs.
Carnations sent by love are more
precious than orchids sent through
vainglory.
We may not believe as others do,
but we should be polite enough to re-
frain from disrespectful comment.
In order to reduce ones conceit con-
corning ones mastery of French one
has only to remain in Paris day.
Malice uncovers more sin than char
ity can possibly cover.
The woman who compels her servant
to tell social lies will reap strange
harvest anon.
Geese and silly women when angry
create a nasty din, but are otherwise
harmless Philadelphia Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
TO CHECK THE SQUASH VINE
BORER.

A handful OF tobacco stems placed
around hill Of squashcs is said to do
much to keep away the fly that is the
parent OF the squash borer 1t is also a
good fertilizer, particularly if ground
fine. But it IS said that even more effect
i've remedy is the use OF biaulphlde OF
carbon. Make a hole about an inch deep
in the soil of the hill, among the vines,
and put in few drops OF the liquid and
cover it up. The fumes will find their
way tip to the plants and II the moth Is
there it means instant death to her. If
she has been there it destroys the eggs
of the Young borers If She has not come
she will detect the oder and keep away
The fly usually appears in the latter part
of July. and the borer begins its work
about August I, and the vines begin to
wilt and turn yellow about the first or
August but they are sometimes earlier
When they are seen in a single vine 1t IS
quite time to make the application II 1t
has not been done before. 1t may not
be necessary to caution any one OF the
poisonous or explosive character Of this
compound. or the danger OF inhaling the
fumes or carrying fire near it, but better
a few unnecessary words than the trouble
that might result if these precautions
were neglected.
We have known gardeners to give UP
growing squashes because of these squash
borers, or because OF the abundance OF
the large squash Bug, yet the latter is
easily disposed of by spraying with the
Bordeaux mixture, a single spraying be
ing usually enough if the vines are well
coated with it. They live by sucking the
sap, and do not like the lime and copper
r-MaSSachWcHs PioHghmdM
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

many tools in use but that they could
be stored withou, an extra building
There are more used now and some Of
them cost a great deal OF money. Some
farmers have PIT TIP d kind Of shelter
for these tools, but not what 1t should be.
A she'd is better than nothing. in fact a
shelter made OF poles and straw or swala
hav is better than leaving them out in the
corner Of the fence-N. NJ. Couch, in
The agricultural EPitomiSL
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Great Little Men.

The instances are certainly numerous
in which the most successful leaders in
the field have been far below the averages
both in height and weight Why, the
Little Corporal himself would never
have become a soldier maybe if his fate
had depended on one of these war office
boards, and it is questionable whether the
nation would now have been honoring
Little Bobs." 1t all seems SO funny. the
craze for bigness.-4rHly and Navy Ga
Sette.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
THE IMPORTANCE OF BREED.

Experienced dairymen declare that II
costs no more for the food consumed by
: cow that produces 300 pounds OF butter
per year than for one producing, $50
ponds. The two kinds OF cows VIII eat
about the same quantity OF food, but one
will convert more food into milk anu
butter than the other This fact demon
strates the importance Of the breed nc
cost Of butter from the better COW IS
onsequently onc-half less than that from
the other, and gives profit, while other
COWS IN the herd may entail loss.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
a SAGE on Matrimonv,

The great trouble about matrimony,"
said the Manayunk Philosopher, is that
people take each other for what they pre-
tend to be. and not for what they are
Philadelphia Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Not content with providing its own
gas, electricity, water and street car ser
vice, the City of Glasgow, Scotland pro
poses to dispense its own liquor, and the
municipal saloon is talked about. A com
mittee appointed to consider the question
has reported in favor of an experiment
and parliament is to be asked for the nee
cssary power. Meanwhile other com
munities are applauding the decision.
But both the temperance people and the
license holders have powerful influence,
and will use it against the application.
Both parties are completely organized,
and ordinary citizens are not, so that UNI
less intelligent public opinion is active
the chance of settling the question will
be lost. There are one or two specimens
of the Gothenburg system already in
Scotland and their profits have been
wisely used in the public interest. But
the Glasgow experiment is more ambi-
tious, and is bound to be resisted par
ticularly by ''the trade"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The recent discovery of the remains
OF some forty popuous cities in the
desert OF Syria shows that in times past
this whole great area was under an OK
tensye system OF irrigation. The coun-
try along the Euphrates and the Iigrl55
Rivers appears to have been networked
with numerous canals, one large canal
connecting the two rivers. The ancient
metropolis of Babylon appears to have
been protected from the summer rise OF
the Euphrates by high cenented brick
entertainments or levees along its embank-
ments. To supplement this and to store
water for irrigation large reservoir was
constructed, forty-two miles IN circum-
ference and thirty-ive feet deep, into
which the waters of the river might be
turned by an artificial canal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

"Never contract friendship with .
man who is not better than thyself, said
Confucius. This is manifestly rule that
was not designed to work both ways.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

While prospecting for quicksilver in
the Chico Mountains, near the Rio
Grande seventy miles south of Alpine
Texas, a party OF Americans discovered a
large cave in which were the skeletons OF
twenty-six men, lying side by side. On
exploring the cave further they found
several copper kettles, two Spanish hat
chefs, three short swords with Spanish
inscriptions, some stone utensils, and
crude mining tools. Deeply cut in one
of the stone jars was the name Mar
vaez." and below it the figures 1920 In
1928 a Spanish expedition, under the ex-
piorer Nararez, left Tampa Bay, Fla,
and was never seen again.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

1t is claimed that the sale of primes
has been hindered because OF the jokes
made about the fruit The Delaware
peach crop would do well to look out.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

1t is not generally known that Cecil
Rhodes was once a cotton planter IN
Natal, but the fact is on record in a work
published about thirty years ago Cotton
planting proved too slow for other col
onists, as well as Rhodes, when gold min.
ing was so much more remuneratiye, and
the industry died out.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Another thing that tends to discourage
office-seeking in Russia is that every
one OF the Cars appomtces has to buy
his own bullet-proof underwear.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Things are coming Count Boni's way.
To win du-l and lawsuit is more than
happens to the average nobleman in dis
trcss.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
1<[[S.Aa gzasg ~ AL(E>>c
GYfS3NCf6S AND COMtlfN3SEtS1

This thing of taxing bachelors who
marry after forty is like putting pen
atty on repentance.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Considering what a wet place England
is, says the Electrical World, the country
is singularly i'll supplied with water
powers. There is water everywhere, but
hardly drop for driving. At some dis
tant period when the coal has run out
this may prove a fact to her great detri-
ment. On the other hand, it is not alto
gether unthinkable that by such a time
wave motive power may be highly de
veloped, in which case the tight little
island would have things much her own
way again, for the seas are ever restless
around her coast As Douglas Jerrold
groaned, Brttania rules the waves, but
She does not rule them straight.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Ships are probably called she because
they always keep man on the lookout.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The Iowa State Board Of Health has
issued 10000 circulars, which have been
distributed throughout the State to
arouse public sentiment TO the necessity
of establishing an institution for the $50
lation and treatment Of tuberculosis
More than three thousand people in Iowa
die from this disease each year.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The Kaiscr's order making the study
Of English compulsory and that OF
French optional in the high schools OF
the Empire is significant. 1t is another
proof of the increasing Importance OF the
language as the instrument of the world
commerce. Germany is not willing to
miss a single trick in the game. Inc
time is not far distant when English
will be the language of diplomacy as well
as OF trade. That will be the last step.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Progress is the greatest product of in
dustry.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Brazil is going into the free-seed dis
tribution business. It is, however, in the
proper manner and does not contemplate
The reelection OF Congressman, but
rather the introduction of valuable for,
eign seeds, restriction which should
be placed upon the American method
The seeds in question are from the
United States and are intended Tor the
cooler plateau regions of Brazil
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

A gratifying feature OF Our increasing
foreign trade is the fact that the area OF
distribution steadily and rapidly enlarges.
Exports which formerly went only to the
principal countries OF Europe are now
shipped to China, Japan, Australia, Afri-
ca, and the islands of the South Sea-
where such articles as sewing machines
and typewrters find market in the most
distant islands.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

When cheerful brave and light-hearted sud-
denly plunged into that perfection of misery the blues
a sad picture.
1t is usually this way
She has been feeling out of sorts for time, expert
encng headache backache sleeps very poorly
and is exceedingly
Sometimes she is nearly by fantness dizz
ness and paptation of the heart then that bearndown
feeling is dreadfuly wearing
Her husband seys CHOW, don't get the blues You will
be all right after you have taken the doctors medicine
But she does not get all right She grows day by
day until ali at she realizes that distressing female
complaint is established
Her doctor has made mistake.
She loses faith hope vanishes; then the morbid
melancholy everlasting blues She should have been told
just what the trouble but probably she withheld
information from the doctor who therefore, unable
accurately locate her particular Illness
Mrs. Pinkham has relieved thousands Of from
just this kind of trouble and retains their grateful
letters her library proof of the great assistance
rendered them This same assistance awaits every sick
woman in the land.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Mrs. Winifred Allender's Letter.

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-1 feel it my duty to write
and tell you of the benefit have received from your
wonderful remedies. Before taking Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, was misery to my
self and every one around me. | suffered terrible
pain in my back, head and right side very
nervous, would cry for hours. Menses would appear
sometimes in two weeks, then again not for three
or four months. | tired and weak, could not
sleep nights, sharp pains would dart through my
heart that would almost cause me to fall
'My mother coaxed me to try Lydia E. Pinlham's
Vegetable Compound. | had no faith in it, but to
please her did The first bottle helped me so
much that continued its use. 1 am now well and
weigh more than l ever did in my life."-MRS.
W1NIFRED ALLENDER, Pennington, Ill.
The Irish standard., 1901-10-05
ATTACKED BY GEN. BOTHA.
pulses Huer Leader After
Heavy LOas,

Durham, Natal, Oct. IA force
of 800 Beers commanded by Gen.
Botha made an attack, which lasted
all day long, September 20, on Port
italia, on the border of Zululand. The
bnrghers were finally repulscd but
at heavy cost to the garrison
wlNosc losses were an officer and
II men killed and five officers and 80
men wounded. In addition G3 men
are missing, Of which number many
are bel icvcd to have been killed or
wounded. The l'ocr commandant,
Oppcrn'an, and 10 burghers are
known to have been killed.
l.adysmith, Natal. Oct. 1.-The Brit
ish success at Fort italia is now
known to have been greater than was
at first reported. Two hundred Beers
were killed and more than 300 were
wounded or captured.
London, Sept. 3O.--The Daily Ex-
press publishes Il report that Lord
Kitchener has asked for $4,000 more
seasoned mounted men and for power
to hang rebels. traitors and murder
ers without reference to the home
government
The Irish standard., 1901-10-05
OIL TANK EXPLODES.
Men at Newark, N. J.-Cuuse
of the Disaster,

New York, Sept. 27.-SiX men and
possibly seven were killed and seven
injured by the explosion of an oil
tank of the Essex a. Hudson Gas COM
pany at Newark, N. j. The known
dead are: Lawrence Kirch, 35 years;
William Meyer, 40 years; Otto New
man, " years, foreman at the works;
Alfred Snyder, % years: Nicholas Mil
Ter, As years; unidentified man.
The tank which exploded was one
of number of immense steel rescr-
voirs which was undergoing it's pc
riodical clcanings, it having been
cmpticd of it's oil in the morning. The
tank was 20 feet deep, and Kirch and
Meyer entered through the manhole
first without taking the precantion Of
having ropes tied about them. They
were Immediately overcome by the
fumes. Foreman Newman saw this
and started down after them, after
shouting Il warning to the other
workmen in the yard. He, too. col
lapsed in the tank. Nicholas Miller,
a grocer near by, had once been fore
man of the works. He was in the
yards and at once assumed charge
of the rescue. Summoning others, the
men began with chisels to cut Il large
ring in the tank. 1t is supposed one
of the chisels in striking the steel
caused the emission of II spark, for
instantly there was an explosion like
that of IL cannon and then Il sheet OF
fame
The Irish standard., 1901-10-05
FINE HOTEL BURNS.
Douel"s House, Pride of Upper Pen.
1nsuln of Michigan, Destroyed
Narrow Escape Of Guests.

Milwaukee, Oct. Am Evening
Wisconsin special from Houghton
Mich, says: The Douglas house, the
pride of the upper peninsula, was
partially destroyed by fire early Tues
day. The loss is estimated at be
tween $4,000 and 100000. The build
ing was heavily insured.
The fire broke out in the kitchen
and enveloped almost the entire
structure before the guests could be
aroused. All got out safely, but for a
time there was Slight confusion
The combined Houghton, Hancock
and Huron town fire departments
fought with nine steamers, but could
not get it under control.
The flames spread to the main por.
ton of the building, but were kept
from the front part, in which the
Postal Telegraph, Chicago, Milwaukee
C St Paul and Chicago G. Northwest.
ern offices were located, also Haugh's
jewelry store.
The new Douglas house was built
in 1899,
The Irish standard., 1901-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS TEE

The moon moves round the earth Sis
2,273 miles an hour.
During the year ended June 80 last
there were 1900 cases of smallpox in
Tennessee.
London public libraries have. over
100000 volumes. Their joint issue il
27,0C0,O00 volumes.
The Chinese, in their theater in San
Francisco, have adopted the custom
of pelting bad actors with stale eggs.
An English cycling policeman has
had the satisfaction of capturing his
man at Exmouth, after ride of 40
miles.
Canada has the largest forest in the
world. 1t is in the Labrador and Hud'
son Bay district, and is, roughly, 1000
by 1,7oo miles.
which drain over 100000 square miles.
They are the Amazon, La Plata, Obi,
Congo and Mississippi.
Exports of horses and mules in Mis-.
souri, last year brought return OF
$9,ooo,ooo, and great deal of the
money came from foreign countries.
There is no other exercise that can
be INDUCED in at SO relatively little
cost that can compare with swimming
for giving general healthful exercise.
A successful Kansas farmer declares
that he feeds nothing to his fattening
hogs but ear corn and cold water, and
that he cleans the feeding floor after
every meal.
A Magdalen in pink and white
robes kneeling in prayer in cavern
was sold for $4,000 at Chrystie's, in
London. 1t is large Murillo, five
feet by four. Three Cupids playing
musical instruments hover above the
head of the penitent.
1t is rather curious fact that while
we all know what 'life" is, still the
term in philosophy lacks a strict and
adequate definition. 1t is said to be
difficult to find for it definition that
does not include more than is neces-
sary, or exclude something that
should be taken in.
The Irish standard., 1901-10-05
A RACE WAR.
Negroes and Texas Planters Fight
Over Harvesting Crops-Six Men
Reported Killed.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. "A race war:
which resulted in the killing of one
white and five blacks, is reported from
Harrison county. The conflict began
near Hallville, but has spread through
out the county. The trouble had its
origin in dispute between planters
and negro tenants over the harvesting
of the cotton crop. The negroes, it is
said, refused to gather the cotton, and
their action threatened to deprive the
planters of their share of the yield as
well as the money lent to the blacks
to purchase supplies during the sea.
son. A body of white men, it is said.
went Saturday to the house of negro
Thomas Walker, on the plantation Of
Julien Atwood. Walker fired on the
party, killing Atwood, and then fed
with the whites in pursuit. Two ne.
groes, one of whom is supposed to have
been Walker, was caught and hanged
Two more, it is said, were hanged Sun.
day in the timber near the Gregg coun,
ty line. George Muckleroy was taken
out at night near Marshall and whipped
to death.