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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
CRUDE PETROLEUM.
Great Caution Il Necessary in Its Use
as An Insecticide for Ore
ehard Trees.

The varying and sometimes disas-
trous results obtained from the use
of refined petroleum on growing
trees, as an insecticide, and especial
ly against the San Jose scale, have led
to the suspicion that the crude prod
uct might be less variable and dras-
tic in its effects. But so far as it has
been used it would appear that we
have yet much to learn, before we
can, with safety, recommend the APP
plication of the crude product to the
different varieties of fruit trees. That
it is efficient in destroying the San
Jose scale if it is'brought in contact
with this insect seems now quite
probable. But the hundreds of dead
trees that mark the areas where 1T
has been Unfortunately used point
very clearly to the fact that great
caution is necessary, and no one is,
as yet, able to say just where safety
comes and danger begins. Then, too,
when no permanent injury is appar-
emit, as in the case of the seeding APP
pies on the ground of the Ohio Agri-
cultural Experiment station, who can
say that this unnatural retardation
may not, after the first application,
prove to be a menace to the life or
general vigor of the tree? 1t is we'll
known that in nature these retarda-
tions sometimes occur, but nature sell
dom, if ever, covers the bark of tree
or shrub, and then only in part, with
vegetable growths like lichens, and
even these are known to be detri-
mental, a smooth, clean bark being
always desirable. In the use of re-
fined petroleum, one of the most per-
picking phenomena observed was
the fact that equally careful appli-
cations made by the same person,
with the same grade of oil, would
give almost opposite results. Here
recommendation of the refined prod
uct for general use has in many
cases resulted disastrously and
brought no little disrepute- to the en-
tomological fraternity of this coun-
try. The most that can now be said
for the refined product is that a ten
to twenty per cent. mixture with wa
ter constitutes fairly successful
summer wash and destroys the young
scale, thereby checking the increase
and spread until applications of
whale oil soap mixtures can be made
Prof. f. NJ. Webster, Ohio Expert
ment Station.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
MEN OF MEANS.

Thomas A. Walker, wealthy Hardin
county, Iowa, stockman, landed in New
York city in 1888 with but "a cents,
and still possesses the identical "a cents,
which he will retain as valuable heir
loom for his children's children.
Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of the
house of representatives at Washing
ton, although at present banker and
capitalist, was at one time poor
compositor on an Oil City, Pa, weekly.
He is fond of telling how he laid the
foundation of his fortune.
Senator Warren, although tpresent
surrounded by all the luxury Of the
prosperous man, delights in telling
stories OF the days when his bed was
a pine box filled with hay in an attic
and when he had to get up every morn
ing at three o'clock, feed the cows,
split a lot of wood before breakfast
and then walk three miles to school.
A friend of William C. Whitney the
other day spoke of the latter gentle
mans lavish, style of entertainment.
Mr.. Whitney said in reply: shave the
money and can afford the expenditure.
1t is the duty of every rich man to
spend as much as he can afford, and
that is my way of helping those less
fortunate than myself. Better give
employment than give aims"
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
GERMAN INTERESTS.

German companies now have six
steamers plying regularly on the
river Yangtse between Shanghai and
Hankow.
The German peasantry have Curl
GUS instrument called the nagel,
geige or nail violin. 1t is circular
frame of wood in which are set 60
or 70 iron pins, played with bow.
The custom of writing foolish beg
ging letters to the emperor has be-
come so prevalent in German schools
that a warning has been sent out that
it must stop or fines will be inflicted.
The authorities of Aix-la-Chapelle
recently sentenced to two weeks inn
prisonment a man who carelessly
threw away lighted match in for
est near that city, although no dam,
age was cau~ed by the act.
1t is the practice in Berlin when any
poor person dies and Leaves no heir to
have the bed disinfected and stamped
by the official stamp of the town coun-
Gil In this way large number of beds
are collected, and are then lent to the
very poor.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
SAVES MUCH LABOR.
A Plan for Watering Greenhouse
Plants That Is Good Enough to
BE Generally Adopted.

To water greenhouse plants there
is a better way than with hand wa
tering pot, which must be held up
at arms length. Have a stepladder
with the top shelf higher than the
benches. A pail of water placed on
the top of the stepladder, with long
rubber tube running from it, consti-
tutes a syphon that VII save much
labor. A cutoff and nozzle can be
put On the end of the tube, so that
the water can be controlled at will.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
LITERARY LITTER.

The first volume has appeared Of
the "Corpus T.ummorum Italicorum.'
issued by King Victor Emanuel. 1t
contains descriptions of 1000 coins.
James N. Lam, of Middletown, N. Y.
preacher, doctor and author, is %
years of age, and has been married 10
times. His first marriage occurred at
Milford, Pa, in 1880.
1t is ten years since George Bancroft
died. Meanwhile the securities belong
ing to his estate, which is now about
to be divided, have increased in value
from $3.50, 900 to $65O,OOO.
About $4,000 copies of the new cheap
edition of Darwin's "Origin of Spe.
cies," issued recently by a London
firm, have already been sold. This
shows the interest which the book still
excites.
Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
of Cambridge, Mass, was rs years old
on December %. He is in excellent
health and is now engaged upon a new
edition of the life of Longfellow, the
feature of the work being the poets
early life.
The identity of "Linesman," whose
book on the Boer war has attracted
more attention than any. other war
book of the year, has been known to a
few people for some time. He is Capt.
Maurice Grant, and one of his earliest
admirers was Lord Roberts himself.
The memoirs of the late former Pre-
mier Crispi, showing that it was King
Humbert who prevented Crispi from re.
calling Gen. Baratieri from Abyssinia,
so causing the Adowa disaster, have
created a sensation in Rome. and the
government is trying to suppress their
publication.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
Growlng FruIt on the Farm.

There is no reason why every farm
er, rich or poor, should not have all the
fruit he wants, at little or no cost.
It takes, I am aware, business from
the nurseryman, but we are working
for the benefit of the common, every
day farmer, who is struggling for the
comforts of life, here and there, every
where about the country, and by graft
ing,> budding and propagating vines.
he can not only secure the comforts
and Injuries for his own family, but
sufficient to provide others and reap
few dollars to pay taxes ic.-Agrienb
tural Epitonlist,
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
GREENHOUSE WATERING DEVICE.

Of course, there must be some eleva.
ton to secure force enough to make
a spray, but the water will run in a
stream if the pail is just above the
height of the benches. The steplad-
de- is mounted on rollers, instead of
casters, that it may be rolled over a
walk that has spaces between the
strips of board. The stepladder will
in itself be found very convenient
about a greenhouse when not in use,
in watering plants. A simple catch
will hold the roller from turning
when it is to be used.-D. C. Barker.
in Farm and Home.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

consumption, and often in advanced
stages.
Everybody should have the 64-page
book on catarrh and winter diseases
which is being sent free by The Peruna
Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use Of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving full statement of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Peruna can be purchased at any first
class drug store at $1.oO per bottle.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
rhe RIhIe RerIaed.

Thenewrevis of the Biblerecently COM
pleted brings it up to date without chang.
ing its meaning. There are thousands OF
people, however, who will always prefer the
old original copy without any notifications.
There are also thousands of people, who,
having once used Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, will never use any other medicine, be-
cause they know its value in. cases o. si. x
headache, nervousness, indigestion, dys-
pepsia or liver and kidney troubles. Be sure
fo FRY II
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
Where the difference lies,

WHEREIN lies the difference between pho
Biography and courtship" he asked, softly.
II don't know" she replied.
'In photography" he explained, the
negative is developed in the dark room,
while in courtship that is where the af-
frmative is developed"
She FLUSHED, but made no answer.
LET u.s." he suggested, proceed to de-
velop an affirmative"
There being no objections, it was SO or
ered.-Chicago Post.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
His ResoIution.

'1 have made good resolution to-day"
said Mr.. Sourdropp.
aAnd what was that?" asked Miss Old
girle.
''Wen, you know 1 have been bach.
elor for AZ years, and now have resolved"
"Oh, this is so sudden" murmured Miss
0ldgirle, getting ready to fall into his
arms.
'I have resolved" he continued, with
some sternness, "to be bachelor for AZ
years more Baltimore American.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

One was a well-known banker and the
other was a reporter of financial news and
views, and they were discussing the course
of the Amalgamated Copper company and
its management.
"What sort of market do you call this?"
asked the reporter.
"a back-door market" replied the
banker
"What do you mean by that?"
'oWhy, l mean" said the banker, chat
it's a market when you 60 in at the front
door and then crawl out of the back door
while the public think you are still inside"
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Manager-'I am getting up a show that
will make a tremendous hit" Friend
Real rainstorm, real sawmill, etc, sup
pose" Manager-'No; real actors. -
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Awakened the "SIeeDless" Pastor.
There is a point to this story; A burglar
whose night entry into the parsonage awak-
sned the sleeping pastor, said to his help
less victim; IF you stir you're dead man!
up and strike a light" pleasantly replied
the dominic, "and / shall be glad to assist
you in the search. Boston Waterman.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Winter is half over. People are con-
tinuing to catch colds, and not a house
but hears the winter cough. People
are trying to get something to cure
these troubles which are almost inev-
liable at this time of the year. 1t can
safely be said that nine-tenths of the
people in the United States have a
cold some time during the winter.
There is one remedy which will pre-
vent colds and cough and cure them
with certainty when contracted. This
remedy is Peruna. Taken with regu-
larity during the winter months, it will
entirely prevent colds, coughs, la
grippe, consumption, bronchitis or
pneumonia 1t will also cure without
failure catarrh and recent cases of
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
Knew What Was Coming.

Henpeck-I dread to start home with my
wife.
Henly-Why?
'Didn't you hear how sweetly she
thanked me when told her she should not
have trumped your ace?-Ohio State Jour
nal.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

"Who was that you just spoke to-" asked
the first Chicago woman; CHS face was
rather familiar to me-"
II believe" said the other, "his name is
Jenks-Henry jerks"
"Oh to be sure. How stupid of me! He
was my first husband. Philadelphia Rec
ord
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Teeth.-"One's teeth require lots Of look.
ing after, don't theyY Eyes. Ma mislaid
her upper set yesterday and it took us two
hours to find them Philadelphia Evening
Rullatin
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
Rev. Marguerite St Omer Briggs, IS
Mount Calm Street, Detroit, Michigan,
Lecturer for the w. C. T. u, recommends
lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR Mrs PKHAM-My professional work has for the past
twenty wears brought hundreds of homes of Sickness and
have had plenty opportunity witness the suengs Of wives
and mothers who want ignorance careesness are slowly
but surely being dragged DEATH principally with female weakness
and irregularities of the believe you will be pleased to know
that Lydia E. PnEham's Vegetable Compound has cured
more than any other agency has under my notice.
Hundreds of women their life and health today and there
FORE can conscentious advise sick try
ST. OMER BRIGGS.
$4,000 FORFEIT ABOVE LETTER is NOT GENUINE
troubled with irregular painful menaon
weakness displacement liberation OF the womb Dear
ingdown feeling Inflammation Of the ovaes bakach haenG
debility Indigestion and proraon they snouo
remember there is tried and true remedy Lydia Pnkham
Vegetable Compound at once such troubles
No other medicine in the world has received such widespread anu
unqualified endorsement No other medicine has such record OF c
of female troubles Refuse to buy other medicine
Mrs. Pnham invites all sick to write her Tor aSce
She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
DO YOU GET UP. WITH A LAME BACK?
Thousands of Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it.
prove Kidney Remedy will do for YOU
every reader of this paper may have sample bottle
absolutely by mall

Women suffer untold misery because
the nature of their disease is not al
ways correctly understood; in many
cases when doctoring, they are led to
believe that womb trouble or female
weakness of some sort is responsible
for their ills, when in fact disordered
kidneys are the chief cause of their
distressing troubles.
Nervousness, headache, puffy or
dark circles under the eyes, a dragging
pain or dull ache in the back, weak
ness or bearing down sensation, pro-
fuse or scanty supply of urine, fire.
quent desire to pass it night or day,
with scalding or burning sensation
these are all unmistakable signs OF
kidney and bladder trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy,
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures. of the most distressing cases.
A trial will convince anyone.
If there is any doubt in your mind as
to your condition, take from your urine
on rising about four ounces, place il in
glass or bottle and let it stand twenty
four hours. If on examination it Is
milky or cloudy, if there is brick
dust settling, or if small particles float
about in it, your kidneys are in need
of immediate attention.
When the heart is acting badly, have
you ever thought that it may be due to
kidney trouble, as is often the case?
Other cvrtOtOt11s showing that votf
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Fair War; ifns.-He- (psFTouslyll""-Wv1hho is
that tramp.ng around overhead?" She
"That's papa. He always gets restless to-
ward morning. "-Town and Country.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
A Rnre.

Mrs. Latto-How did Mrs. Bilkins ever
get the reputation for being such bore?
Mrs. Barkey-She tried the experiment Of
making it point never to say anything but
good Of anyone behind their backn-Brook
Ign Eagle.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb. 10, 1900
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

He that thinks he can afford to be negli
gent is not far from being poor.-John
SON
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

dizziness saow unhealthy complexion
len Of 10
leading hospitals
mnded by physicians their private practice and taken by doctors them
successful
science able to
fcent dollar bottles the drug stores
arvvvhara
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

It's pity the average man does not lose
his tongue when he loses his head.-Chicsge
Daily News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
MRS. GERTRUDE WARNER SCOTT
MRS SCOTT.
purChase tn
everywhere.

the Kidney, Liver
successful that special
tried
sample absolutely Also telling ali
cured
bottle
mention reading this offer in this
sending address Dr. Kiner Co.. Bnghamton M 4
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are fast
to sunlight, washing and rubbing.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
DOCTOR AFTER DOCTOR.
''None Of Them Suspected that the
Cause of My Trouble Was
Kidney Disease"

VNToN, Iowa, July 18th, 1901.
In the summer of 1895, I was taken violently i'll.
Ny trouble began with pain in my stomach, so
severe that It seemed as if knives we're cutting
me. Twas treated by two of the best physicians
in the county, and consulted another. None of
them suspected that the cause Of my trouble Dds
kidney disease. They all told me that had can
Ger Of the stomach, and would die. grew so
weak that Ilcould not walk any moro than
child month old, and only weighed sixty pounds
One day my brother saw in paper your advertise
ment Of Swamp-Root the great kidney remedy
He bought me bottle at our drug store and
took it. My family could see change in me-
for the better, so they obtained more and con-
tinued the use Of Swamp-Root regularly. / was
so weak and run down that it took considerable
thanks to Swamp-Root, and weigh I48 pounds,
and am keeping house for my husband and
brother, on farm. Swamp-Root cured me after
the doctors had failed to do me particle ofgood.
MRS. GERTRUDE WARNER SCOTT.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Flatter the girl and spoil the woman
Chicago Daily News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Stops the Cough and Works on
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets. Price 25c.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

Better to lose your argument than your
friend.-Ram's Horn.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

The minutes saved by hurry are as useless
as the pennies saved by parsimony.-C. Il.
Newcomb.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25

The chance Of two fnger-prints be-
ing alike Is not one in $4,000, 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-28

damage? Do you feel Satan is egging
you ON and getting the best of you?
Has that liver mvigorator made you
wicked and reckless?'
The deacon laid down the knife and
took up the bung again. and he left
of watching the bluejay to watch a
hen pick the bugs OFF the tomato plant.
In his interest in these things he neg
lected to make plain what he really
did say as he kicked the smokehouse
door. Mrs. Dolby gave him at least
two minutes and then said:
"Only yesterday you were splitting
wood out here. ! heard the ak going,
and all of sudden 1 heard you yell
out When I got to the door, your
ear was bleeding. and you was start
ing to wash the blood OF. Three of my
biggest hollyhocks had been kicked up
by the roots, and l do declare that
there was a smell of sulphur in the air.
Deacon, did you say anything when
that stick of wood few up? If so,
what was it? l am not going.to say
you did or you didn't, but leave it all
to you. You've become awful reckless
Of late, and don't know what the end
will be, but don't think you will lie
about it Tell me if you said anything
and tell me why you jumped around
and uproOted the hollyhocks.''
For half minute the deacon seemed
inclined to make an explanation, but
on second thought he decided not to.
The hollyhocks still lay there as wit
nesses against him, and the cut on the
lobe of his ear was a living witness
against him. Mrs. Dolby wound the
strips and waited and waited, and by
and by he got up, stretched his arms
and said:
Il guess I'll cut the rest of them
plaguy weeds and then take my boots
down to be fixed"
do you-you feel wicked and reck-
less?" she anxiously asked.
Not pertickler," he slowly replied
''but if any of them pesky hens git in
the way of this scythe they'll lose
| their-their blamed legsy'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-28
There Was No Foreclosure.

II wanted to, see q man living a few
miles outside of North Dakota town."
said Philadelphia who had just re-
turned from a western trip, land SO I
engaged man to drive me out there
in a buggy. He seemed to be full of
curiosity concerning my identity and
my errand, but he did not get much out
of me. We had come to within a mile
Of the house when he pulled up. his
horses and got down and said:
~ guess you'd better walk the rest
of the way, and il were you I'd have
my guns ready
"'But why should walk?' asked.
because 1 don't want to get shot
or have one of the horses killed
~ don't understand why anybody
should shoot at u.s.
Then you don't know Jim Denison.
He'll spot you three-quarters of a mile
off, and he'll shoot to make every bullet
count. You'd better creep along with
your guns ready and get the drop ON
him if you can. It's no boys job to
tackle INN on his own land, and If he
does for you 1 don't know how I'm to
get your body into the buggy
Just what do you take me for, any
way? l asked of the driver as turned
on him.
Why, I figger that you are one of
them money lenders from the east who
have come out here to foreclose on
Jim's farm, and I'm telling you that
he keeps two shotguns and both load
ed, and if you are not prepared to die
we'd better take this crossroad and
give you a chance to talk with 8
preacher about the future of your soul
before you come within gunshot of
Jim'
Il stated my Grand" explained the
traveller, (which had nothing to do
with mortgages, and after scratching
his ear for awhile the driver got up
and took the lines and said:
"Well, that may be all right, but il
you happen to forget yourself and
speak of 8 per cent to Jim may the
Lord have mercy on your soulr"