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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
The Telephone in Europe.

Much improvement has taken place
In the telephone communication be-
and northern Germany. 1t is now pos
sible to telephone over these wide
areas for charge OF 35 cents, which
compares favorably with the fee of
two dollars for three minutes on the
much shorter line between Paris and
London. For ten cents more the state
telephone companies Of Scandinavia
and Germany now undertake to inform
beforehand the person whose presence
is desired at the other end of the wire
in an international conversation =
Electrical Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
USEFUL CHINESE BUGS.
They Feed on the San Jose Scale and
Are Expected to Save Millions
for Fruit Growers.

More bugs are being Matched daily
Washington than were ever before
stimulated by human enterprise.
The insects chosen for propagation
"a dozen of them. which were i'm
ported alive from China more than a
year ago-were SO precious that sin
$780,
This will be better understood wher
it is explained that this batch of bug.
with their progeny bid fair to rio
the United States of pest which al
the present tine is causing a loss Of
$10,000,000 year.
The pest is the San Jose scale
originally brought from China OF
Hawaii to California, which has
spread over large portion Of the
fruit-growing regions of the United
States, and threatens to wipe out the
horticultural industry.
Once it gets a foothold in an or.
chard it sweeps through the latter as
destructively as fire. It's rate of prop
agation is something fabulous, undei
favorable conditions, and the twigs
and branches it attacks are quickly
covered with a sortof gray scurf con.
sisting of the waXy execretions O. an
incalculable multitude of microscopic
insects.
BY good luck Mr.. Marlatt, one of I'm
Gle Sans most skilled entomologists
happened to be travelling in northern
China about Is months back and found
there this very plague. But the mis-
chief, though obvious enough, was not
specially destructive because of a pecu-
liar insect much resembling a NINA
ture hedgehog.
1t seemed evident that this was the
enemy provided by nature for keeping
down the scale insect, and Mr.. Marlatt
promptly proceeded to capture a few
hundred specimens, which he brought
to this country in tin boxes.
Nearly all of them died on the way
bat On reaching Washington the dozcu
hardy ones that survived were put
into a wire net cage outdoors, being
placed upon the branches of peal
tree that was thoroughly infested with
the scale insects. Without minutes
delay the Chinese bugs went to worF
preying upon the scale insects, ant
what was more important, they pro
ceeded to multiply their own kind rap
idly.
Pretty soon a second cage containing
another fruit had to be built to re-
ceive the overflow and to-day there
are more than dozen similar cages
Philadelphia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
NOT LABELED.
Opportunity Seldom Comes Except in
the Course Of Duty Faith
fully Performed.

Opportunities for service are not
labeled. They do not come with any
kind of mark that one might distin-
guish them. One never recognizes an
opportunity until he looks backward.
1t is quite often the case that what
appears to be great opportunity is
only a bubble, likely to explode as you
handle it. What then, do we mean
by opportunities? What can we mean
when we say to those about us-or to
ourselves this is a time of oppor
tunity, that it shall be seized eagerly
and quickly? What is meant by the
old representation Of opportunity as a
flying being with lock of hair over
the forehead, and the head bald be-
a great truth. Opportunity, says the
Baptist Union, is nothing other than
the faithful performance of daily duty
without special flare of trumpets, or
thought of opportunity. Many of the
best and truest people of the world
never had what we call ..opportuni-
ties;" they reached the goal by the
steady steps in the pathway of duty.
True, there were places where the
tides changed, perhaps epochs in their
lives, but they never knew when the
tide turned or when the great changes
came; they were ready for e70rything,
for they were faithful in al things.
Opportunity is not labeled; it is not
happy chance; but he who is faithful
in the small things will find the large
things come to him, he scarcely knows
how. And that is the great promise
of the Book.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
"PROVE ALL THINGS
Words of the Apostle Paul No Justi-
fcation for the Attitude Of
the Agnostic.

The words of the great apostle are
often quoted as an excuse for that at
titude of mind which demands that all
moral and religious questions be settled
by incontestable evidence. AS matter
Of fact, says the Chicago Interior, Paul
simply admonishes the Christian friends
to whom the epistle is addressed, that
religion must be justified or condemned
by it's palpable fruitage. The test Of
creed is always practical one. What
does it producer"
1t is we'll for us to remember that the
demand made upon Christianity. to put
its credentials above dispute, is not
made, can not be made, upon either
philosophy or science. There are no
more missing links" in the evidences
OF Christianity than in the data upon
which men build up their theories of the
| universe The atom is as invisible as
God. mo man hath beheld the atom at
| any time" The only proof of the ex-
| istence of ether is that without suppos-
| ing it to exist we can not explain the
transmission of light and heat The in
telligent Darwinian never claimed for
his fundamental tenet anything more
| than that it was ga working hypothe-
| Sis" The scientist who would demand
as basis for his studies premises dem
OnStrated with the clearness of a prob
| lem in mathematics, must go out of
business. Science as truly as religion
begins with postulates, not axioms;
| probabilities, not demonstrations; or,
as Tyndall put it in his famous presi-
Dental address, with assumed poten-
| tialities."
Beyond this we must remember that
the value of such proof depends in a
great measure upon the makeup Of the
person to whom it is presented. Lawyers
place as much emphasis upon the Sc
lection Of jury as upon the citation Of
decisions or the procuring of testimony.
To certain minds, as Shakespeare tells
us, "trifies light as air" become as con-
vincing as proofs from holy writ" The
disposition to hold on is no more him
drance to the discovery of truth than a
disposition to let go. Love of novelty is
as perversive of judgment as is logged
| resolve to stand by the old. We have a
neighbor SO open to conviction that he
has already belonged to two Christian
and two pagan sects; and what he will
become tomorrow depends upon what
is advocated by the next fluent talker
whom he may meet. He is only an ex-
aggerated form of that disposition we
find in many, a disposition to accept the
last theory preached provided it be
backed by some capable apologist; and
he looks upon all those from whom he
SO easily parts company as narrow and
untintelligent.
What every man needs above all else
is base-Hne from which he may meas
ure all angles and distances. Agnostic-
ism never satisfied anybody and never
will. The choice-and in the end it is
a choice rather than demonstration
lies between Deism and Atheism. What
think We of Christ? is the next step.
Ali other questions will be found re-
lated to these two.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
NUGGETS FROM THE PURITANS


John Baptist-the buckle of the law
and Gospel.
Repentance must be death to sin and
a resurrection to justice.
In some mems discourses you cannot
see matter for words.
The business of religion is more
despatched by prayers than by dis
putes.
Eye not the stream thou wadest
through, but the firm land thou tend
est to.
The high heaven may be seen
through low lattice; and SO may a
large heart in a little gift.
All the fee that our Savior cailel
for, for His cures, was, GO and tells'
what God hath done for them Y.
Observer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Favorite Dishes OF Kings.

The German emperor is particularly
fond of thrush salmi, kind of stew
made of thrushes. Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland prefers roast joints, and the
king of Spain likes underdone beef
Custards are the favorites of the king
of Italy, while cod fried III oil finds
favor with the car Of Russia, and
hutton is chosen ~ the president Of
the French republic. The grandfather
Of the king Of Italy had a peculiar
taste for monarch-he preferred
bread and cheese, and used to carry it
about with him, even to the opera
King Edward has a special liking for
well-coozed mutton chops-N. Y. Sun
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Demand EXPRESSION.

Education and religion agree in con-
ceiving life broadly-life is right feel
ing and right willing as well as right
thinking. They agree in demanding
that the inner life come to outward
expression.-Prof. G. A. Coe, North
western University.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
strine Bean Salad.

Cock young string beans in sailed wa
ter until tender, drain and lay on a
folded cloth to become as dry as posi-
BILE. AS soon as cool put in the ice chest
Arrange lightly on bed of lettuce
leaves and use French dressing to
which onion juice, mustard and sugar
have been added il small quantities.
Detroit Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
DiTerenceas

Singing is great art, said the mu-
SIC love-.
Occasionally" answered the morose
man. With some people it's an art
and with others it's merely a habit
Washington Star
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22

a fair amount Of floor space, and pre-
sents an attractive exterior. A house
may be simple enough to be cheap, yet
with the parts we'll proportioned, al
together an attractive feature of the
surrounding landscape.
This design is especially adapted to
an inside lot and shows an exterior
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22

w ERE is a cottage containing five
81 rooms, which can be erected foi
a very small sum of money,
considering the amount of conven-
1ences contained. In building a cheap
house, and one that shall be comfort
able and convenient, the dimension,
OF the rooms must necessarily be
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22

must be considered in estimating the
cost, yet it is not wise to build so
cheaply that the future value of the
building may be doubtful. The plan
here offered is well arranged and has
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Corn Cusfard,

Scrape the corn from the cob, mix it
not too thinly-with milk, add two or
three well-beaten eggs, with salt and
pepper to taste, and bake one-haH
hOur-People's Home Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22

small, as every square foot of space
added to the ground plan of struc-
ture increases the quantity of ma
terials that go into the building and
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01
Agricultural Notes.

Russla's crop OF winter cereals
is estims ted at. 9O4, OOO, 900 BUSH
els of rye and 22O 1000, 900 bushels
OF wheat-the proportion of rye
to wheat being as four to one.
Apples upon the surface of
which r perfectly reproduced
the photographs of the emperor
and empress of Russia and of the
president OF the French republic
have been shown in France.
The bureau of soils of the
agricultural department now has
a force of over 100 persons, sew
enty-five of whom have had a
scientific training. Its object is
to show the conditions and re-
sources of the soils of the coun-
try and to give the people pre-
else ana accurate knowledge re-
garding the possibilities of each
kind of soil.
The degerming of corn-that
is, removing the yellow germ
from the tip of each kernel-is
necessary in all corn for export,
because the germs, when corn is
in the hold of a vessel, start a
fermentation which spoils the
whole cargo. The product each
year of this degerming is about
100000 gallons OF corn oil,
which has heretofore been used
to adulterate linseed oil. but now
a process for clarifying it and
removing its peculiar odor brings
it into competition with olive and
cottonseed oil,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01
The General Purpose og.

A t recent session of the Kan.
sls Board of Agriculture, at To-
peka, Kan. a talk was made by
Frank Hoover, of Columbus,
Kans., his subject being the
General Purpose Hog OF the
Twentieth Century, Picayune
readers who are interested in
hogs will do well to read what he
had to say. Speaking of the pros
porous times enjoyed by the
Kansas hogman. he said:
He is riding triumphant on the
topmost wave of his prosperity.
May his triumph last long, Time
was when this was not the case.
When his live stock was selling
at, say $2.75, he had a mighty de-
jected look; and his neighbors,
who raised grain pointed at him
in derision. But with prices lately
soaring toward the So mark, all
this is changed. His neighbours;
point with pride as he automo-
biles past; the politicians have
gotten uneasy, and his chances
for the Legislature were never
better. Whence comes this pros.
perity? 1t comes through the des-
pissed hog largely. The up-to-
date farmer, with true business
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01
Relief for ~Overcr"wdine.

The movement that started
about two years ago, OF Texas
cattle to the western provinces
al Canada, shows no sign Oh
abatement. We read in a recent
dispatch from Winnipeg that
"Many Texas cattlemen are
seeking to secure large areas OF
e .azing lands in Western Canada
Tor the purpose OF shipping
thi,her and feeding their Dig
herds of cattle from present
over-crowded ranges. A repre-
sentative of la~rge'cattle interests
in the Southwest, who has lateiy
been looking over the held I'D
Western Canada, says that leXas
this wear has been shipping thin
ner beef to Kansas City and CHI
cago than ever before. The
range area has become Sc circum-
scribed by settlement that stock
men soon must move or go out OF
business"
1t is not necessary for cattle
men either to "moye or go out OF
of business" They can change
their methods of business and 60
on prospecting. An unlimited
range is a thing of the past.
When land is worth three or four
dollars an acre, it is not profitable
to use twenty acres for the feed
ing OF each head of cattle. The
only thing to do then (aslde from
moving or going out OF buslness)
is to make the land yield feed to
sustain more than one anir-al to
twenty acres.
This can be done by the cultl-
walton of such forage crops as
the West will yield. The ex-
perience of hundreds of stock
farmers has already demonstra-
ted that, with proper care, the
ranges of West Texas can be
made to feed five or ten times as
many cattle as they will support
on the native grasses without
cultivation. The man with a
hundred thousand acres and five
thousand inferior cattle would be
better off with ten thousand acres
of land yielding hay, kafir corn,
milo maize and other adaptable
crops to feed the same number,
for then they would be kept fat
and marketed as grass fed stock,
instead of Gamers and tailings.
Proper cultivation of the land,
and not emigration to Canada, is
the means OF relief OF the so-called
"over crowded ranges OF West
Texas.-Ft. Worth Live Stock
ReDorter.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01

foresight, has taken opportunity
by the forelock and cultivated
the animal that gives the great
est percent increase in a year,
Kills out with least offal, and cor
sumes with most economy his
crop of corn. And with true
progressive spirit, he stops not
at this, but is constantly seeking
better methods of breeding, rear
ing and fattening this m~ostvalua-
liable live stock adjunct, thatfills
4 great big corner in farm eco
nomics. The hog has been a ne
cessity in Kansas. 1t was he who
kept us while breaking our sod
and preparing our pioneer homes.
Later, when we gottne mortgage
fever, we had to fall badk on him
to pay our Eastern partners, who
clippedcoupons and sent ussome
very impressive letters. He has
paid the rent of many a poor fel.
lpw, has procured him a lew
team. and the farm implements
with which he produces his crop.
Later he has bought mis- land,
built his house and barus and
educated his children. | wish
that | conld say something new
along the lines laid down for me.
THE General Purpose Hog of
the Twentieth Century could say
something that would throw new
light upon my subject, thatwould
create greater interest in this
bulwark of our animal industries
AS [ see it the General Purpose
Hog of the Twentieth Century,
is the early-to-market kind Be
he white, black or red, lopeared
or stiff-eared, the farmers OF
this country will demand the
early maturing kind. He will
consume our corn and remain
the corn-belt hog withal, but the
sign of thetimes point to modifica-
ton of the present corn-belt type.
He is found in most of the corn
belt breeds to a greater or lesser
degree, and a man need not leave
that breed, to which he is attach
ed, to find his ideal. Each breed
err of pure breeds may think he
has. the type closest to the gener-
al purpose hog. He has that
right. However, if he does not
do all in his power to keep close
to that type the farmers will for
chilly remind MIN of his failure
in a way that will affect his
pocket book by purchasing their
blood else where.'-Texas Stock
Journal
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01

l raise Poland-Chinas, Plym-
outh Rocks, mule colts, red heif-
ers, tat peas, potatoes, and pump
klns, sweet vans, butter and
milk, eggs and Vegetables in end
less variety. We bank potatoes
and turnips, preserve, can and
dry fruit and vegetables for win
ter, and every farmer should
keep bees and raise his syrup
and biscuit.
Craze hogs on green pastures.
Have cantelopes, melons. and
sorghum alongside the hog pas
turc to feed in summer aud a
door leading into the horse lot so
they can get the gleanings and
damaged corn. Have long corn
rows and lots of them. Raise
peanuts, bermuda, alfalfa, Elber-
tas, berries, cabbage, beets,
beans, tomatoes. and onions
Make kraut and homemade
cheese.
l planted one pint of Jerusalem
corn, cultivated as ordinary corn
cut big heavy heads and planted
back where corn had failed in Ju-
ly and got eight tons Of fine feed
from four acres. Thrashed IS
bushels of burt oats from one
acre, resolved in sorghum, got
20 bushels of seed and three tons
of sweet hay.
One field made three good
crops-wheat, cowpeas and tur-
nips. made two crops of maize
and kafir, and vans made 200
bushels per acre. Wife's table
is supplied with chickens, eggs,
milk, butter, potatoes, peas.
pumpkins, hams, turnips, bis
cult, sausage, sauce and oh, go
away trouble. We laugh in the
weevil's face. He has no terror
for us. These supplies were
produced on this farm with team
raised on the same place, and
tools that are painted, repaired
aud sheltered by me. We are in
weevll district, but made half a
bale by pasturing close, burning
everything at night bedding and
rebedding in cold weather with
mammoth sweep and four horses
Planted e4rly, thined early, Gull
tivAted frequently. Planted al
ternate strips Of corn and cotton
six rows each, but Suggest the
following improvement; Enlarge
on Investigation. Use home
made fertilizers, and intensive
cultural methods. Don't plan,
after cotton. Plant earliest
Northern delinted seed very ear
ly on checked hills AKA feet alter
mating with diversified crops.
Keep The dirt high around the
hill so the falling squares will
roll down IN the sunshine. Use
long single-tree to jar off punct-
ured squares; keep plenty OF
domestic fowls in the cotton.
Rake the squares in piles along
the middles and burn at night.
Protect the birds and nests.
Pick early while hands can be
had cheap, and cotton is heavy
and brings good prices. Put
away your tear Jug, look. on the
bright side; encourage organiza.
ton. congresses, Institutes and
an appropriation for Il entomol-
ogist. Cultivate that field fenced
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01
Eggs for Setting.

Buff Cochins, Light Brahmas,
White and Buff Plymouth Rocks.
Eggs S1.5O per Is. My stock is
as fine as money can buy. Salts
faction guaranteed.
Il. J.. ROWELL,
Selma, Alabama.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01
First Premium Essay on How 10
Make flaming Profitable in
Spite Of Boil Weviil.

BY John Rallew, Crenshaw. Texas. Dallas. News
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01

10 intr .duSe Modern Remedies. AZ viii
saS@ send u 25c package -four Modern Liver
Id.lets on IeSeipt Of l0c in stamp. g. pay postage and
y TaEing' MODERN REMEDY co. Kewanee, III.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-03-01
A fine JACK.

A fine 5 year old Spanish Jack,
first prize winner Oktibbeha
State Fair. A fine performer
and sure foalder. Height Ii
hands; weight in moderate flesh
900 pounds. $500 gets him.
Write
SOUTHERN FARM GAZETTE,
Starkville, Miss.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-16
MUNICIPALITIES.

A portrait Of Judge John IL. Regan'
the surviving member Of Jefferson
Davis cabinet, is TO be placed in the
Confederate Museum Of History a.
Richmond, Va.
A marriage solemntzed in Atlahtc
City few days ago provided John fnli-
ip Sousa, the famous bandmaslel'
with an 1s-year-old mother-in-laW' the
father of Mrs. Sousa having been mar
ried to a girl of that age. Henry BEL
lis. the groom, is "a, but is as spry as
a college graduate. Two Of sousa ;
children are older than their ne"
grandmother.
At the dinner of the Economic league
in Boston last week Charles Francis
Adams startled his listeners by deelaT-
ing that be was sorry the coal strike
had ended. because" said he, I'VE
would then have been able to discover
some substitute for coal. and for one
would have been willing to suffer II
by so doing we could be released from
the reign of King Anthracite.
No two histories of the South Afri-
can war agree as to the ages OF the
Boer generals. This fact was noted by
the London Chronicle. which made spe-
cial efforts TO learn the truth. Ii now
announces that, having had access TO
information not obtainable hitherto,
It is able to say that Botha is in his
fsrty-frst year, DE La Rey las he spells
his namel in his fifty-sixth and DeNet
in his forty-fourth.
Duncan Gillies, who has been chosen
speaker Of the newly -elected Victorian
parliament in Australia, was first
elected to that body in 1889 as min
ers' candidate, he being then but y
years old. Ever since that time he has
been a leading parliamentary tgure.
Mr.. Gillies, who was born in Glasgow
CO years ago, is the first Scotchman 10
occupy the speakers chair. lie has
declined TO be knighted.
Since the house Of The Fifty-sey-
enth congress came into existence in
March. 1901. II members have died,
three have resigned and two have been
unseated as a result Of contests, maxi
ing a total OF II changes in less than
two years This, according 10 those
intrusted with the compilation Of data
Of this character, is the greatest num-
Der Of changes occurring during one
session Of congress in the history Of
that legislative body.
The Chinese government has taken
the first steps toward the organization
Of patent system. Lieuts. Tseng and
Fang Of the imperial army are now in
this country TO make an exhaustive in
vestigation Of the methods pursued at
Washington. They will spend the en-
tire winter in the capital, acquainting
themselves with the details Of the
operation of this department, and on
them will devolve the responsibilities
of organizing the new feature Of the
imperial government.