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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH.
An Awakening Among the AgricuE-
twrGl DrybcncH that POrtenJs
Good Things.

Sometimes a slang word or express
sion loses its disreputable character
and becomes almost respectable by
reason OF it's expressieeness. The
proper use of speech is to convey
ideas. Therefore, when we say the
farmers of the southwest are get
ting a move on them" everybody
knows what we mean. They have
been a little slow to realize the prog
rcss of lineage, and prone to ''lcave
we'll enough alone But there has
been an awakening among the agri-
cultural dry bones, and Il rcsurrec-
ton OF the long dormant spirit OF adj
yancement. The farmers have eyes,
and with them have looked about and
seen the wonderful improvements by
which one man has been enabled to
produce as much OF manufactured
products as half a dozen once did.
and better and more perfect products.
too. Farmers could not afford to
sleep while others were wide awake
and on the move. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to mention the factors that have
caused the awakening. Probably il was
the instinct Of self preservation that
aroused the farmers. and caused them
TO get up from their lethargy aud
fall in rather than be run over by
the procession of progress that looks
neither to the right nor to the left,
but straight ahead. The spread of
agricultural education by means Of
colleges and papers devoted to agri-
cuitural Improvement has done much
to stimulate farmers to better meth
DDS, and to arouse among them a de-
sire for advancement. This has led
to the adoption of farmers insti-
tutes as the best-known method of
imparting instruction to those actu-
ally engaged i'll farming. The \. and
NJ. college can reach the boys, and
their effect has already been felt,
through their graduates, but educa
ticn is progress We, and there should
be no stopping place on the march.
1t is largely graduates of the A. NJ.
college. who are the most active in
farmers institutes, exemplifying the
great truth that the more one learns
the more he wants to learn, and the
more he realizes the need for add
tional knowledge. Farmers are also
realizing the need for additional
knowledge and are everywhere found
ready to profit by the new departure
In the southwest they are becoming
thoroughly aroused, and fguratively
speaking are going around crying
out Men ard brethren. what must
we do to be saYed?" And the answer
is, use every means within your reach
for gaining additional knowledge. At
tend farmers Institutes whenever OPP
portunity offers; if possible, take a
short course at the A. and NJ col
lege; read good agricultural papers
and send your son TO the A. and M.
college, and when he returns, you can
lea1a of him. Texas Farm and
Ranch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
HERE AND THERE.

A field turned out to rest is like
a human loafer; if it is not kept
busy raising crop it is sure to get
into mischief by growing weeds with
which to seed the useful acres. Why
should II farmer pay taxes on idle
land?
There are hundred ways of do
ing anything, and out of the hundred
but one right way. Marvel not, nor
repine, that you take from the nine
ty-ninc ways. Just push ahead with
the ligha that is given you, and right
will somehow win.
In fattening fowls for the table,
the bulk of the feed should be soaked
corn, corn chops or corn meal, cooked
or raw. and the birds should be con-
fined to very small run or a roomy
coop. But they must have variety
of food or appetite viii fail and di-
gestion also,
The time to harvest peanuts is
Just after the first frost. There are
ploNs made for the purpose, but q
buzzard-wing sweep will answer, run
ming one wing under the vines to cut
the roots. The vines can be pulled up
then or lifted with fork and left to
take one days sun.
One advantage possessed by the
disc pillow is that il will do good work
on land so hard and stiif and dry that
an ordinary turning pillow will not
work il at all. Very often plowing
ought to be done, but the land may
be "too dry to plow." Then is the
time to use the disc pillow.
One COW will use. all her food in
producing milk, except what is nee
essary to maintain life and vigor.
Another will put most Of her feed in
her carcass. Now which is the most
profitable? In the first case you get
the milk and keep the COW indsfnite-
III. IN The second case yon have to
kill the COW to get the flesh.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
FARMER AND PLANTER.
wEEvIL IN EGYPTIAN COTTON.
The Idea that Egyptian Cotton, IL
Immune From Boil WeeyE
Attacksf4'uncfnr

Peculiar circumstances surrounding
the experimental field of the depart
ment's Egyptian cotton on the farm
of Mr.. F. +. Collins. at San Antonio,
have caused the opinion on the part
of some persons that that kind OF
cotton is not injured by boil weevil.
Early III the season there were very
few weevils there, but by the mid
dleNof, September they were numerous
enough to puncture every square. The
fact is that numerous observations
made last year as welIas this on sew
eral varieties growing at different
places show that Egyptian cotton is
particularly susceptible to damage
by boil wcevil. The tendency of the
varieties observed. including Janno-
witch and Matititi, is to grow very
large stalk. Absence of irrigation
does not officially modify this ten
dency. The inevitable result is that
Egyptian cotton is very late in ma
turing, setting no bottom crop and
late cotton is certain to be in ured by
the weevil. Long before the Egyp-
tian plant has stopped putting on
stalks and stem the American plant
has matured some fruit Anyone who
would have visited the Collins farm
in September would have seen Il very
neat demonstration Of this fact. Al
one place in Mr. Collins experimental
field there were 25 or 80 adventurous
A1nn1,ionp y,lo ntS orrp1Nipc in bxA midst
of the Egyptian. These American
plants were covered from bottom to
top with opened hollis averaging
about thirty to the plant, while the
Egyptian plants had but little fruit
uninjured. The American plants were
about 81 feet high and the Egyptian
about 5h feet. but plant for plant,
the former had much more fruit.
There is nothing in the Egyptian
cotton plant distasteful to the weevil.
The writer has seen the pest in Mex
leo working in three cotton and at
Brownsville. in this state, in sea is
land cotton, both botanically less
closely related to American upland
cotton than is the Egyptian. In the
San Antonio field by the 18th of Sep
TENDER the weevils were so numerous
that it was almost impossible TO find
an uniniured square, and the absence
of suitable squares had driven them
to many bolls that had previously Civ
en- promise of opening. At Pierce
and Halletsville. Egyptian cotton has
been seen by the writer that was com
pletely pruned of its fruit. The more
important feature of the matter,
however. is that the result of many
observations has been to show that,
as far as the weevil is concerned. per-
haps the most important cultural ex-
pedient in raising cotton is to obtain
an early crop. The nature of the
Egyptian plant is to mature late, and
this causes it to be more susceptible
to damage than ordinary American
upland cotton.-Farm and Ranch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

As a general rule neither the ex-
ports nor imports of this product are
important. The trade is, in fact, an
anomalous one among food products
in that heavy increases and decreases
in domestic production have little eff
feet upon the e ternal commerce.
During the past thirty years exports
Of potatoes from the United States
have never amounted to so much as
a million bushels annually; in only
fifteen years out of the thirty have
imports exceeded that amount, and
four times only have they exceeded
100000 bushels. The annual produc-
ton, meanwhile, has varied widely,
ranging from the low figures of 1874,
when the crop was only 105,9S1 900, to
the high record figures of 1895 when
the crop amounted to 297,237,370 bush
els. The difference between the small
est and the largest crops of the past
thirty years is mus seen to be 19l,-
256,370 bushels, and it would be nat
rrally expected in an important food
product like this that the wide range
in production would be reflected by
important variations in the export or
import trade. 1t, has not been UNI
usual, however, that, in year when
the crop was greatly short of an av-
erage and was apparently entirely in
sufficient for domestic consumption,
there followed no appreciable i'll
crease in imports; crop variations
ranging from neglible quantities up
to as high as 9O0Oo0oo bushels have
never yet resulted in an import trade
amounting to so much as 1O,0oo,ooO
bushels annuallN.-Crop RepOrter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
THE POTATO TRADE.
An Item In the Country's Commerce
That should Interest South
ern Farmers.

Imports Of potatoes into the United
States in the fiscal yea, endes. June
so, 1902, amounted to 7,656.162 bush
els. against 371,911 bushels in the
previous year Exports III 1902 were
6~s,4s4 bushels, leaving the net inn
ports 7,0s7.672 bushels. With two ex-
ceptions the 1902 imports into this
country were the heaviest ever made;
the short domestic crop of 1881.
amounting to only 1oa,145,404 bushels,
resulted in imports in til cfollosving
fiscal year Of s,7so,s6O bushels: am
other shortage In domestic preauc-
tion IN 1857, when the crop amounted
to only 134 10000 bushels. was fol-
lowed u imports OF s,25e,53s bushels.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Nnlus of Small Fruits.

Not all farmers seem to know the
value of small fruits to family
when grown in their own gardens.
You commence with strawberries:
they continue about a month. You
pick perhaps from six to twelve
quarts day. You have them on the
table, if you please, at breakfast, din
ner and tea. and you want little else
except bread and butter. In one way
or another the family consumes about
eight quarts & day, and while they
last no medicines for bodily all
ments are required, as. quart of
strawberries daily will generally dis
pei all ordinary diseases not perlna-
nently in the system. After straw
berries come raspberries and they
last about three weeks. Then we
have biackberries, the cultivated va
rietics. Next currants ripen, and
they remain until the early grapes
mature. So, taking the season
through. any family with half an
acre OF land in garden can grow
small fruits that make country life
delightful, and at the same time save
hundreds of dollars in table supplies.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
WORD FOR WORD.
The Reporters Complied to the Letter
with the Wishes of the
Speaker,

1t is not a new plant among legislative
and other loquaoous bodies that the short
hand report is not all that it should be,
but If Interpreters side is less frequently
presented it is not because there is moth
ing to be said. A member of a committee
found fault, so the Christian Endeavor
World says, with the way their speeches
were reported; his own, in particular, were
scarcely recognizable wnen seen in print.
lie did NOT want his speeches cut"
neither did he want them embroidered.
He wanted them to come out in the paper
exactly as he made them. SO did the mem
Der WAC spoke next, whereupon the short
hand writers retaliated, with this telling
result
The reporters-ought not t4-the re.
porters ought not to be the ones to Judge
of what is important-not to say what
should be left out-but-the member can
only Judge of what is important. As /
as my speech-as-as the reports-as what
| say is reported sometimes, no one-no-
body can understand from the reports
what it is-what | mean. So--it strikes
met has struck me certain matters
things that appear Of importance-are
sometimes left out--omitted The report
eT-the papers-points are reported-I
mean-to make brief statement-what
the paper thinks of interests reported"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
HUMOROUS.

She's not as pensive as she was
before you married her" mo; she
expensive now."-Indianapolis News.
His Pound of Flesh.-Financier
(tenan- of our forest, after a weeks
unsuccessful stallling)-"Now, look
here, my man. L bought and paid for
ten stays. If the brutes can't be
shot, yGu'll have to trap them! I've
promised the venison, and | mean to
have it!"-Punch.
Holdon-"I tell you what, Harry, l
wish I lad enough money to relieve
all the distress amongst the poor
people Of this town." Somers-"A
generous wish" Holdon-"You see,
if l had all that money, I'd be able
to live like Il fighting cock all the
rest Of my life. "-Boston Transcript.
Opportune Time..-She-"George, l
think you'd better not speak to papa
tonight. I'm afraid he isn't in a
very good humor." He-"Why not ?"
Shelby dressmaler sent him her
bill TO-DAY" He-"But, dear, I'll make
it clear to him that | want to pro-
vide for you in the future. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
Hey, hey." yelled the excited neigh
Dor, there's a robber in your house"
"You're right" said Mr.. Fudge: 81
saw him enter" Did you? Well.
YOU don't seem to be excited about
it. Wanter call policeman and nab
the roDber?" mo use. It's the man
who examines the gas meters. -
Baltimore Herald.
A young man from Banffshirc was
spending his holidays in Aberdeen.
While walking on the green" in com
pany with his uncle he was sur
prised TO see so many kites flying.
Observing one far higher than the
rest he called his uncle's attention
and asked if ever he had seen q kite
flying as high before. did ever 1
see ane as high afore? Man. Jamie,
that's naething, for l haze seen some
O them clean out o sight. Scot
tish American.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
SURE OF APPLAUSE.
sarah Had Nasal Twnng, But she
Was Going to Receive One
Good Hand.

That the theatrical claque is not confined
to playhouses was demonstrated beyond all
shadow of doubt to the teacher who was
drilling the pupils for the exercises in one
Of the public schools, relates the New York
Times.
The unresponsive bit Of femininity over
whom the amateur coach worked TO
joiced in the rame of Sarah.
When Sarah began to talk all her vocal
organs took joyful holiday and retired in
favor Of her nose In vain the teacher
begged and implored. Sarah still chung to
her monotone. Then the teacher threat
tened.
do better you will fail utterly and then how
will you feel?"
ooh, they'll applaud me, Miss Brown"
returned Sarah, easily. MY mother is
cents, and il he don't begin clappin' the
min;tta J s;s down he's goin' to be tsrapped
within an inch Of his life"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Why He onnnseh uar

At the beginning Of our war with Spain
teacher of a primary class told some of her
boys about the war and asked all WAC IA
vored it to hold up their hands. Up went
every hand, but Jacks, boy of eight
war; asked the teacher. and Jacks sur
prising answer was: cause Miss Sophia,
war makes history, and there's more o that
now AN l can ever learn. Chicago Chron-
icle.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Puzzled the Expert.

There is strange body in your
aesophagus, said the expert manipulation
OF the X-rays.
Yes said the subject. 81 have felt
it there for week or two"
II cannot tell, however, proceeded the
scientist, whether 1t IS Your missing false
teeth or one OF your wife's biscuits. Bal
timOrn Amerioan
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
MAY BE So.

\ French physician says lie ancient
Egyptians suffered from appendicitis
and were frequently operated on, as is
shown by the mummies. Perhaps
these operations account for the over
production OF -mulnmieS
Courier-J Journal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Probably.-He-"I never saw anything
like this tide. Here I've been pulling stead
lily for 10 minutes and we don't seem to have
moved a foot" She latter pause)-"Oh,
Mr.. Stroker, We just thought of something!
and forgot to tell you. Do you suppose
it could have caught on something '-Wash-
in9ton Times
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
LYDIA Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Michael Angelo DISCHARGED.

One of the stories told by the genial and
delightful Eugene Field was about the pro-
prietor of a western theater, whose knowl
edge OF art and literature was extremely
limited. Inspecting the improvements al:
the beginning of season, his attention was
attracted by new drop curtain,
Summoning the stage manager, he in
CURED What's that picture, anyhow"
That" replied the stage manager, is
scene after Michael Angelo"
well, Mixes 70 good" growled the pro
prietor. Give him his salary and let him
philadelphia Ledger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

What's the secret OF happy, vigorous
health? Simply keeping the bowels, the
stomach, the liver and Kidneys strong and
ac.ivc. Burdock Blood Bitters does it.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Was HELPLESS,

Hey, hey" yelled the excited neigh
Dor. there's a robber in your house"
You're right" said Mr. Fudge; Il
saw him enter"
did you? Well, you don't seem to
be excited about it. Wanter to call a
policeman and nab the robber?"
'No use. Its the man who examines
the gas meters. Baltimore Herald.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

The footsteps of our forefathers have
been followed in so much, and by such
crude, sloppy statesmen, that it is not al
ways easy to decide which way they point,
any more-Puck
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
seIf-ActinG Famc.

New York Drummer see a Pniladel.
pnia mau woke up the other morning and
found himself famous.
Chicago Drummer-Well that was
enough to make HIM famous, wasn't it?-
Nonkers Statesman
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Years of suffering relieved in a night.
Itching piles yield at once to the curative
properties of Doan's Ointment. Never
fails. At any drug store, so cents
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Early frost catches the budding genius
Chicago Daily News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05


Richard Nichols anchored in the habor Of New amsterdam and de-
ton to the citizens promising perfect security of and
by Winthrop of Connecticut demanding
in
gathered
viii was ubmtt to the
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

North America is credited with 20
volcanoes, Central. America with 25,
and South America with 81. Many
of. these are upon islands.-Geo-
graphical journal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Oars no good in kickin' case every rose
hab its thorn" said Uncle Eben. ''Ef dar
was only ies' thorns wifout no roses, it I'D
be sumpin <ho' 'nough to complain about"
Washington Star.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

As far as this world is concerned. a spot
less character is often worth less than the
ability to arrange the spots artistically.-
Puck
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Where 1t Originated.

Robbins didn't think You had any idea
of marrying the widow.
Newlywed-I DIDN'T; it was an idea of
hers.--Smart Set.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Little Colds" neglected Thousands of
lives sacrificed every year. Dr. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup cures little colds
cures big colds, too, down to the very verge
Of consUmntion.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

"Dr. August Koeng's Hamburg Breast
Tea" writes Mr.. +. Batsch, of Horizon,
Wis, enabled me to get rid of an obstinate
cough; we feel very grateful to the discoV-
erer of this medicine"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Difference in Degree.

What is the difference between mono
logue and dialogue. pa
"A monOlogue, my son. is a mans wife
talking to him and a dialogue is his wife
and her mother talking to him. Town
Topics.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Laughing cleerfulness throws sunlight on
all the paths of life.-Richter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

The average man is hardly modest enougl
to consider himself such.-Puck.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

1t doesn't make any difference how some
people do things, they always get them
wrong -lndianapols News
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Dress does not make the woman, but it
often breaks the husband Chicago Daily
News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Do not believe Pizo's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
+. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Obscurity furnishes a good pedestal for
lasting fame-Ram's Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Idle Boosting is the smoke and true cour-
age the ire.-Chicago Daily News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Diphtheria relieved in twenty minutes.
Almost miraculous. DIR. Thomas Electric
Oil. AT any drug store.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Discomfort is the want of self-reliance;
is infirmity OF Williamson.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Putnam Fadeless Dyes produce the bright
est and fastest colors.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Want of care does us more damage thai
want cf nowledge.-Franklin.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Some people seem to think that industry
consists of telling other people what TO do.
indianapolis News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

Most men mistake slight applause for an
encore.-Chicago Daily News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

The praise of religion may be quite differ
ent from its practice.-Ram's Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

1t doesn't take much gold-leaf to cover
the pupil of the eye.--Ram's Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05

The rarest Of flowers is candor.-Racine.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Volcanoes of America,

the gas meters. -BaItim0Te Herald
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
READ MISS BOLLMANS EXPERIENCE.

Some time ago I was IN very
weak condition, my work made me
nervous and my back ached frightfully
all the time, and had terrible head
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-15
HAWAlpS EXHIBIT SHOULD
HAVE THE WIDEST SCOPE
tcontinued from PAGE -

which they are grown. These should
be in ac.ual sizes and alive. II possible.
supplemented. of course. by photo
graphs of the plantations and the meth
DDS OF handling the product.
There would be great interest. too.
In the sisal industry, which seems to
be developing here and which may In
the future be OF the greatest service
in the event of any trouble with the
staple crop OF the country. The plants.
with the methods OF developing the
fiber and the final manufacture, should
be fully shown. and am sure such an
exhibit will be found to be of the first
interest TO visitors. These three crops
seem to comprise the principal indus
tries OF the Islands, and they should
be well represented in any display that
is made. There should be no half way
exhibit The Territory should so show
it's resources that the people will be
drawn TO visit IL and TO remember and
talk about It. IL should be so full of
interest that II will attract the atten-
ton OF the writer's who will be on
hand for the purpose of writing about
what Is shown and of telling the mil
lions OF people At hou'e about the
sights which are there. There viii be
? thousand and one exhibits OF one and
the same size. but that OF such
country as this should stand out and
compel admiration and remembrance.