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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-01-08
VACANT LAND ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Over Ten Million Acres Eastern Washington and Northern
ldaho--Quanity and Character.
[Spokesman-Review.1

and have taken land there still
land settlement which will
The show
this land still the of Uncle Sam Washington
The following table the and character this
the onyern of Iune
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
TROUBLE BEGINS.

Trouble begins with the first back
ache. Backache comes in many
forms. Sudden twinges of pain, sharp
stitches, slow exhaustive aches.
Most backache pains r kidney
pains.
The Kidneys fail to perform the
duties nature intends them to do
and the warning of trouble comes
through the back.
Neglect the kidney warning, grave
complications will surely follow.
Urinary disorders - Diabetes
Bright's Disease-are the downward
steps of neglected kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure every kid
new and bladder sickness and the
cure lasts. Read this proof of it:
Mrs. Adam Guntle, residing at 7o1
South Plum ST., Charlottesville, Ind,
says: 81 made a public statement in
1897 saying that Doan's Kidney Pills
had cured a member of u family
after he had suffered for years with
a weak back and kidney troubles.
He took three boxes of this remedy
and was completely cured. Now
three years have elapsed since I
made this statement and I am only
too pleased to reendorse it. 1 have
also used Doan's Kidney Pills myself,
obtaining the best results. I have
recommended this remedy to my
friends and neighbors as one which
can always be depended upon"
A free trial of this great Kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Guntle
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
HERE N THERE.

No breed of beast or fowl will
give satisfactory results to the man
who knows nothing of breeding and
makes no effort to learn anything of
its principles.
One consolation we have in con-
templating a short corn crop in the
southwest is that we can substitute
cake for hoecakes and cream bread
for corn dodgers.
The remedy for indigestion in
fowls is the saDa as for men-re-
stricted diet of easily digested food.
Starvation in moderate cases is good
medicine for fowls or folks.
"All flesh is grass" saith the Scrip
lures. When we reflect that much of
the best flesh is corn, oats and cot
text has a figurative meaning.
Some farmers have the mistaken
idea that sheep can get along with
very little water in winter. The fact
is that they require it as regularly az
other stock, and ten head will use
fully as much as a 1,200-pound horse.
A well-bred flock of chickens is
ornamental as well as useful. And if
to these are added a flock of fine
ducks. the scene is enhanced in beau
ty. Then geese. guineas and turkeys
may be added without detriment to
the landscape.
Few farmers realize the import
ance of keeping their farm clean. The
waste that is permitted to go on
from year to year In the barnyard
manrre pile is only one side OF this
question. as It is necessary to the
health Of TIE family that this refuse
lie rem-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

The melting of fowls is no more a
disease than shedding of hair by
horses and colts, and other animals.
But melting fowls should have a
little better care than usual for their
clothing of feathers becomes scant,
and the cool snaps of the latter
part of September and all of October
are apt to catch them poorly pre-
pared for the sudden change. They
need plenty of good wholesome food,
and especially do they need a safe
refuge from unpleasant weather. They
are liable to colds, like other two
legged animals. The place of refuge
need not be steam-heated, or kept at
a uniform temperature by the use of
a thermometer, but it should by all
means be kept dry. Many people adj
wise the use of stimulants, such as
red peppers, but all stimulants are
harmful in changeable weather. Give
the fowls good food. clean water and
dry and reasonably comfortable quar-
tiers and they will molt all right
Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
sprouting Grain for Feed.

There has been a gooC deal said in
the agricultural papers recently about
the advantages of sprouting grain
for stock food, many writer's
claiming a wonderful increase in nu-
trative value by the process. As the
only addition to the grain is water,
where the alleged addition to the feed
value comes from is beyond our COM
prehension. There is a given amount
of protein, carbohydrates, fat, fiber
and ash in grain, and as water con-
tains none of these elements, and as
nothing is added but water, it is plain
that the whole scheme is a hoax. The
process of sprouting and the chem
ical changes that accompany the
process may add to the palatableness
and ven digestibility of the grain,
but no additional feed value a be
realized. To increase the feeding
value of a grain it is plain that some
substance of greater feed value than
the grain must be added to it, and
even in that case it would be the COM
pound and not the grain itself, as is
claimed, the feed value of which
would be greater than that of the
raw grain.-Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
The forward person is frequently set back
N Y Herald.
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Black ostriches with white wings are
to be see in Uganda.
Lions have been scared away from
the shores of Lake Victoria-Nyanza by
the newly built railway.
The American bittern has only been
seer ~ times in the British isles. A
specimen was recently shot in Ireland.
Elephants cause trouble in some
parts of Africa by rubbing against tel
egraph poles and making them fall.
These posts are of steel, as wood is
liable to be devoured by ants.
The only musk OK in captivity in this
country died recently at the New York
geological gardens. There is only one
other OK in captivity, and that one is
to be found in the geological gardens
of Hamburg, Germany.
It is related that two peregrine fall
cons exhibited remarkable sagacity re-
Gently. They had often been seen to
follow trains in Croatia. No e~xplana-
ton was offered until one afternoon
the train suddenly put up a covey of
IL cartridges. One of the hawks
swooped and carried off a partride.
The cunning bird of prey vas using
the train as a beaten.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
b has suggested

use the spray. This has suggested
the use of the early blooming cotton
for eo1onizing purposes in order that
the weevil may be located in a limited
district. For this purpose we find
that Welborn's Perfection is superior
to all other varieties, as it furnishes
food for the weevil at the earliest pos
sible date. This colonizing cotton
should be planted upon the edges of
the fields and on banks of bitches,
but only good land should be used
on which to plant cotton. Prepare
ground required for this trap system
just as well as for the regular field
crops. The small bolls and squares
can be picked up from these trap
rows much more successfully than
from general crop because of the
small amount of labor required. l
recommend systematic poisoning for
these trap rows.
The summe brood of weevil does
not appear until about July 1, and it
is a fact that the winter brood does
not do any considerable amount of
damage, but they prepare for the
harmful July brood. From May is to
the 25th I have sprayed cotton sue
cessfully and prevented summer crops
of weevil. by the use of three spray
ings. The trap cotton should be
sprayed one month in advance of the
regular crop, if the early variety men
toned is used.
The weevil can be controlled, but
it will never be eradicated. 1t is a
delusion to suppose that it has ever
left a section where once it has gained
a foothold. 1t has advanced north
ward at the rate of so miles each year,
though in some cases it's advance is
FASTENED by the sale of weevil-infest-
ed cotton seed from boil weevil dis
tricts which are shipped into northern
localities. l can offer no hope for
those who depend upon the develop
ment of a parasite to kill the weevil,
but call attention to the following
features which will permit the situa-
ton to be controlled sufficiently to
insure a good cotton crop every year
in any of the boil weevil counties.
First, begin the fall campaign against
the weevil early. Second, practice
early planting with early maturing
varieties. Third, use wide rows with
trap rows around and outside the
fields.
Spraying late in the cas- does not
prevent the boil weevil from doing his
deadly work, but there are some four
hundred varieties of insects that prey
upon cotton which singly are less de-
structive than the weevii, but in the
aggregate are often as harmful as is
this pest. Spraying does kill many OF
these other varieties of insects and it
often pays to spray late in the sea-
son on their account even when no
boil weevil is to be found.
In his discussion of the subject,
Prof. Mally threw down the gauntlet
to those who have failed to secure re-
suits by spraying, and of those pres
ent interested in the subject, he asked
that they read his reports closely and
then determine whether or not they
had consistently followed the direc-
tions therein contained. The state
ments and explanations appeared to
meet all of the inquiries of the cot
ton growers present and to give very
general satisfaction.-Texas Farm
and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
THE BOIL WEEVIL AGAIN.
Synopsis of n Speech by Prof. NAL
ly, Recently Delivered at
Shepherd, Texas.

We should understand in the be-
ginning that there is no use in fight
ing boil weevil with remedies alone.
We must combine spraying with "cul-
ture methods" This matter has been
fully covered in my reports, but |
wish to emphasize now hat it is only
by fighting the alternating brood
which is short lived, in the spring,
that we can succeed in handling the
boil weevil. When the summer brood
once appears, spraying for boil weevil
is useless. In this locality spray only
month of May. Failure to do this
accounts for the many failures that
people report in the use of poisons.
The alternating weevils come from
their place of hiding from March to
April, and by the end of May 95 per
cent of the winter brood has come
into sight, therefore the fight must
be made before June 1.
You can reduce the present broods
very much by turning cattle in to
feed off the leaves and squares now
in the fields. thus killing 95 per cent
of this present crop. 1t is remark
able what fondness the cattle show
for the young squares and leaves
when first turned into the field, and
these are the points at which weevils
are to be found. After grazing off,
cut the cotton down and leave it un-
til after the first frost, when it should
be burned. 1t will be found that by
following this method large numbers
of weevil that secured shelter in the
old cotton stalks can be burned sue
cessfully. Winter blowing should also
be resorted to upon this land so that
the weevils that r alternating in
the soil will be exposed more thor
oughly to winter freezing.
The winter brood goes put in the
spring and feeds on cotton alone 1t
never eats anything but cotton 1t
may, however. be found accidentally
in acorns or in nearly any place, be-
aus they are so numerous. They do
not feed on peas and acorns. Many of
the weevil reported as growing in
peas, beans and % are not boil
weevil, though occasionally genuine
boil weevil are found in acorns.
Scientists have classified more than
a thousand species of bool weeyil.
During the early spring the cotton
weevil lives on foliage and not on
SQUARES, and this is the proper time to
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
"IUGn MEDICINE.
Use when a Doctor Wasn't
at Hand.

Up in a little Vermont town they tell q
story of an old nurse. She was the kind OF
an "old nurse" to be found in small towns,
who comes, after much urging, to tend a
case and who has many Sairey Camp pecu
l~iarities, relates the New York Herald.
Miss Sally" as she was called, was in
duced to come to the house of the sick wom-
an and take charge. She moved in-coh
pipe, batch of stsrched aprons, knitting and
After the good creature had seen the case
through, she said to the doctor, doc, kin |
take my toll?"
What's that, Sallys" asked the visiting
physician, who had come from the capital
city and was amused and a little irritated
by the old woman's ways.
81 mean the medicine?" said the nurse
complacently.
"The medicine" exclaimed the doctor.
What on earth do you want with the medi-
cine?"
No fifth wheel to a wagon was ever more
redundant than left over medicines.
81 puts it in me jug" replied the old WON.
an slowly, "and then / gives it out occa-
~sionally when there amt no doctor nigh"
The visiting physician roared with laugh
ter, but sobered down when the story of
"Old Sally's" jug" medicine was explained
to him. That there were not more victims
to her unique methods of cure was a mys-
terry.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
UNDER H UNION JACK.

Canada's 5000 cheese factories make
on an average 80 tons each of cheese a
year.
The British empire is 40 times as
large as Germany and her colonial de
tendencies.
The post Offices of England handled
last year 2,451, 500,0 900 letters, and 449,
goo, 900 postal cards.
There are about $4,000 convicts in
the prisons of England. which cost
about SO, 200. 900 a year.
Sixty per cent. of all the herrings
caught around the British Isles are
taken off the Scottish coasts.
The killed and wounded by accidents
in London streets number nearly TO-,
600 a year. Of these 200 are killed on
the spot.
Dublin's park area is 1853 acres, ar
area sufficient to allow each IFS inhab'
itants an acre of breathing space
Edinburgh has 407 acres of park.
1t is said to be the cost of the kilt
which is causing this becoming gar
ment to disappear so rapidly in Scot
land. A good kilt costs about "a.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
AProminent Singer Saved From Los


Soon after one of the largest American
railways had been opened A traveller noticed
a marked disregard for punctuality on the
part of the officials, but he was interested
in the country and made no complaint. At
last the terminus was reached. There he
met a beaming official OF the company, who,
pulling ont his watch, said:
Just look and see what time you make
it, will you please"
at wants ten minutes to one" said the
traveller, a little puzzled.
Eyes, sir, 1880 exactly, and that's the
hour she's timed to arrive! How's that for
promptness? Crossing the continent, al
most 5000 miles, and getting here at 1880
o'clock precisely as advertised"
81 can't deny that, you know" said the
traveller; "how many days were you lateE"
Ooh, two or three, perhaps, but we struck
che coast at y: 50l"-St. Louis Republic.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
NOVELTIES FOR THE HOME.

One of the new pillows has a deslgi
surrounded by the small flags of all
nations.
Aprons are modish, and pretty
house aprons are made of blue, red
or gray chambray with bibs and
bretelles of embroidery.
Clocks in the form of small but thick
watches with heavy crystal faces are
hung in horseshoes. Sometimes the
shoe is turned up and at others down,
There are lovely jardinieres of white
china painted in soft colors. One seen
had an exquisite design of pink roses
and another showed a charming poppy
design.
Handsome Japanese screens are
made of combed ash and are about
three feet high. Each of the three
panels is divided in depth by a marrow
shelf above which is a glass frieze
painted in oriental design.
Some new jars of glass for holding
flowers come in English glass. There
are a few conventional raised figures
or flowers on the plain white surface,
They also come in white with the de-
sign in color.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

In 1899 The Sangerlust cele bratedl its
fftieth anniversary with a large cele-
bration in New York City. The follow
ing is his testimony:
about two years ago ! caught a Sc
we're cold while travelling and which
settled into catarrh of the bronchial
tubes. and so affected my voice thatI
was obliged to cancel my engagements.
In distress | was advised to try Peruna,
and although had used a patent
medicine before, l sent for a bottle.
"Words but lily describe my surprise
to fad that within a few days | was
greatly relieved, and within three
weeks l was entirely recovered. am
never without it now, and take an oc-
c%asional dose when | feel run down."
Julian Weisslitz.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru-
ma write at once to DR.. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address Dir. Hartman, President or
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus,
Ohio.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
He FILLED THE BILL.
Being Big Enough, He Spoke Up and
Was Accepted without
Delay.

'sWhy," he asked, when they had seated
themselves alone at one end of the porch,
"do you suppose it is that educated women
do not marry!
But educated women do marry" she re.
piled. 81 know of three or four educated
women who have been married within the
past month or two
ooh, yes, of course, some Of them marry.
But why do SO many of them remain sin
gle?"
Perhaps it is because the educated WON
ans horizon is broader than that of the un
educated; because she demands more"
"Then it is not because she looks upon
marriage itself as a bad thing?"
"Oh, dear, mol"
"And you have declined proposals be-
cause you have demanded much?'
She tied and united her dainty handker.
chief, relates the Philadelphia Times, and
looked down and blushed and family an
swered:
eyes. One of them was FIVE feet and three
inches and the other couldn't have weighed
more than 90 pounds
Being six feet four In his socks, he then
spoke out and got her.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Cream two tablespoonfuls Of butt
ter. add gradually n cupful of pow
deres sugar and a little lemon juice.
Beat in as many crushed berries as
the mixture will hold and serve cold;
or melt over hot water and serve hot
Use this same sauce with a cottage
pudding.-Good Housekeeping.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
A Thfn-Soil Crop,

Egotism is one of the crops most easily
cultivated. A popularity Of the plant is
that it makes the most rapid and perma.
nent growth on the barrenest of mental
reseryations-Los Angeles Herald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
Bound. of Character.

Character is bounded on the north
by industry, on the east by integrity,
on the south by morality and on the
west by sobriety.-Chicago Daily
NoWa
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

81 think" said the doctor, "thatyou have
p%erityphlitis."
cob, thanks" Cholly murmured family.
81 almost hope that l may never get well.
1t will be so nice to die happy.'lChicago
Reeord-Herald
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

ri often see the foreign papers alluding
to floating debts said the grand vizier.
what is a floating debt%" MY navy!"
groaned the sultan Of Turkey.-Phiiadelphia
Record.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

sibyi-"Oh, Mr.. De Tanque, why do you
refer to my singing as a treat De Tanque
Your liquid notes fairly intoxicate me-
Baltimore Herald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Seald head is an eczema of the scalp-very
severe sometimes, but it can be cured.
Doan's Ointment, quick and permanent in
its results. At any drug store, SO cents.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Lots of people who admit they are in re-
duced circumstances would get fighting mad
if anyone accused them of being poor.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

No one would ever be bothered with con-
stipation if everyone knew how naturally
and quickly Burdock Blood Bitters regulate
the stomach and bowels.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Cures Group, sore throat, pulmonary trou-
bles.-Monarch over pain of every sort. DR..
Thomas Electric OIL.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23
A Matter of Wonder.

Mrs. Peck (who las returned from Ma
gara)l stood speeches.
Mr.. Peck-Wonderful, wonderful! Ito
himself)-I wonder how Niagara did it,
Detroit Free Press.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
BILE medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

ga dose in time saves lives" DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup; natures remedy for
coughs, colds, pulmonary diseases of every
sort
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Selfshness is the seed of sorrow.-Four-
Track News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

To the genuine pessimist life is a contin.
ual foreboding-Puck.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Never take a better half unless you are
sure of better quarters.-N. Y. Telegraph.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

Money refunded for each package of Put
nam Fadeless Dyes if unsatisfactory.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-23

10 all who are afflicted with catarrhal
Pe-ru-na a Preventive and Cure for Colds.
Mr.. c. F. Given, Sussex, y. B., Vice
President of The Pastime Boating
Club" writes:
whenever the cold weather sets in
Ihave for years past been very sure to
catch n severe cold which was hard to
throw off, and which would leave after
effects on my constitution the most of
the winter.
Last winter l was advised to try
Peruna, and within five days the cold
was broken up and in five days more
l was a well man. / Recommended IL to
several of my friends and all speak the
highest praise for it. There is nothing
like PeruDa for catarrhal Affections.
Ills well nigh infaifibie as a cure, and
IgIadIy endorse II. "---C. F. Given.
APPOINTMENT Singer Saved From Loss
of Voice.
Mr.. Julian Weisslitz, IT'S Seneca
street, Buffalo, n. Y, is corresponding
secretary of The Sangerlust, of New
York; is the leading second bass of the
Sangerlust, the largest German sing
ing society of New York and also the
oldest
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-02-07

George Jacobs left for Concord, N.
H, yesterday, where he will look for
work in barber shop.
M. G. Williams of Putney was at
the home of his sisterin-1aw, Mrs.
VA. Doty, over Sunday
Miss Fannie Simpson, attending
the Normal school in Plymouth, N.
H., has been spending few days
in town.
Mrs. Frank Brigham was out for
a short drive Wednesday for the first
time since her sickness, She is now
gaining quite rapidly.
There will be a sociable at the
home of Miss Low on Tuesday even
ing. Feb II. 1922. sTse public gem
orally are most cordially invited.
Fee IS cents.
The St. Johnsbury Choral Union
will hold it's seventh annual musical
festival in Music hall St. Johnsbury,
Feb. II to 81. The New Hampshire
Philharmonic orchestra will be EN-
ployed and also the following local
talent: For soprano, Anita Rio of
New York, tenor, Dr.. Jackson of
New York, and bass, Frederic Mar
tin of Boston.