davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
THE COTTON BOIL WORM.
$780,
Some Facts in Relation to the Cot.
ton Boil Worm and Methods
for Combating It.

The boil worm passes through four
distinct stages Of it's life The entire
damage done by the insect is while it
is in the grown state. The color of the
worm varies much. 1t ranges from red
to black and blue to green. After the
boil worm is full grown 1t enters the
soil and forms a cell underneath the
surface, and there becomes pupil.
The moth scratches it's way out of the
ground. Wet. weather is more favor
able to the worm than is dry weather.
The moth or miller is the last stage
of the worm. 1t deposits the eggs The
moths winter in the pupil stage under
ground. They come out and feed upon
the tender roll of the corn plant The
injury to the corn is very little in this
way. The boil worm is not common
~ associated with the destruction of
corn, but the damage is very consid-
cradle in the aggregate The various
broods feed on the soft roll, the tassel,
silk and soft kernels of the corn.
The boil worm enjoys a worldwide
circulation. In this country it is an
enemy to the tomato. Beans, peas and
other similar plants are prey to the
boil worm. In Japan it eats tobacco.
In cotton, one boil worm will, in the
course of its life, destroy SO or more
bolls and innumerable squares. All
parts of the cotton plant are attacked
by the worm, preference being given tai
the boil. The effect upon the boil is
various, frequently but one lock of the
boil being destroyed by the worm The
boil worm moth hides during the day
in trash and among the foliage of the
cotton plant. There are other moths
a manner very similar to the methods
of the boil worm The boil worm has
numerous drawbacks, including disease
and predatory insects. The most fatal
is bacterial disease that destroys a
great many of them. The China fly is
also fatal to the worm. The fly lays
it's eggs upon the skin of the worm
The eggs matches and penetrates the
moth, killing it. Spiders and flies are
also fatal enemies of the boil worm.
The department has three plans for
combating the boil worm The trap
crop of corn is one of these The boil
worm prefers corn to cotton. Corn
kept in proper condition close to the
cotton field is a good trap crop. The
value of the trap crop of corn was well
illustrated by the number of boil worm
eggs found upon corn. These eggs
would have gOna TO the cotton had the
corn not been there The theory of
poisoning the boil worm arises from
the fact that the young boil worm
crawls over the foliage and feeds. The
poison there will kill number of the
worms. If the poisoning be done at
the right time, the saving may be as
much as so per aent.-A. L. Quintance,
Expert of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR.
If You Have Not Already Made Plans
Here Are Few Timely
Suggestions.

Plant less cotton. Cut down the
area. If we plant as much or more,
just as soon as it is planted the fact
will be used to depress the price. The
large acreage we planted last spring
is helping to keep the price from what
it should be now. 1t will be used again
If we plant so much.
Again, we should increase the acre.
age in all kinds of provision crops so
as to be able to raise the next crop
free from mortgages. We should plan
to own the next crop, and we should
begin to plan now and to prepare our
land better. We should try to grow
more cotton per acre and make good
yield on less land. The spectators
not not discount our good work. Grow
more cotton if you can, but grow it
on less land, and grow it cheap
er, and own it when you grow it. You
can do all of these by a little good
planning There are so many of the
items of daily expense that you can
raise upon your own farm. You can
have an early salad bed, plant lettuce,
onions, cabbage, Irish potatoes, aspar-
agus and English peas. You can grow
chickens and have cow and a few
pigs, etc. You can get through another
crop without any debts if you try.
Carry something to town to sell
when you go, and don't go too often.
Make your cotton seed pay for your
guano.
Keep out of debt, and make all the
cotton you can.
This is the plan upon which you
ougt to farm. 1t will soon make you
entirely independent.
You will be your own master, and
not the servant of the man you owe.
Make your plans for your personal
benefit. If each farmer will do that,
the general result will be for the ben
fit OF all. If each farmer keeps out
of debt and makes a surplus, then the
farming interests will be in a pros
porous condition. If each one pro-
pares his farm we'll by dee breaking
and diversifies his crops, and buys his
fertilizers for cash and raises mis-
supplies at home. then the next cotton
crop will belong to the farmers, and
the price can not be manipulated, as
is done now, solely in the interest of
the speculator
These things can each and all be
done by wise planning for 1904.
The prospect for the southern farm
er was never SO bright and encourag-
ing as now. Use brains more, and de-
pend less upon habit and muscle. Gut
loose from the old beaten path and
walk along new ways. You will find
everybody ready to help you when
you begin to help yourselves. Cut
down your acreage in cotton, and the
general acreage will be smaller. Cut
down your fertilizer notes, and your
store mortgages. and you will find that
farm life has brighter side than you
had thought. The Spectator can not
discount your intelligence and your
independence, but he can and will dis
count large acreage and large in
debtedness. Southern Cultiyator.
If a farmer has 20 acres in corn
yielding 20 bushels per acre, would it
net be better If he cultivated ten acres
1T 40 bushels per acre; or even five
acres at 80 bushels per acre?
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
SIMPLEST OF IMPLEMENTS.
Internal Improvements Effected by
Woman with u Hairpin
and Brush.

There is a story in Lippincott's Magazine
Of husband who, on his return from a
visit, sat down to hear the family happen.
ings during his absence. This incident, it
may SEEM has moral The wife was NAM
ing the reforms she had successfully intro
duced
You know said she, that closet that
was locked for over month? You said
it couldn't be opened except by locksmith?
Well, | opened it,
AZ DIV in the world did you do it,"
with hairpin And the furnace door
Ia, been sagging round on one hinge for
ever so long, you know; but it's all right
now"
'Well. I'm glad you had it fixed"
Had it fixed! / fixed it myself with a
hairpin. And then there was that crayoh
portrait of mother that stood on the floor
for six weeks because you hadn't brought
me any picture-hooks-
well. | intended to, but"
''Oh, it doesn't make any difference now.
! made a, hook myself out of hairpin."
mol"
And there's Willie! You've been coax
ing and bribing him for year to break
him of biting his rails, and l broke him
in week."
With hairpin?" he inquired. weakly.
NO! Don't be goose. With hair
brush !"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
Getting Ready For Spring.

When cotton picking ends is an APP
propriate time to put the farm in good
repair for the active work of early
spring. Fences, gates, barn doors and
other appliances and conyeniences
may have gone crazy" roofs may
need patching; the mud holes in the
lane may need few loads of broken
stone, and there may be some fence
posts that need to be replaced with
new ones. When this is done a little
mechanical skill may be exercised
about the dwelling providing labor
saving contrivances and ordinary con-
veniences for those whose labors new
er end. A condition of things that
leaves the farmer nothing to do is al
ways imaginary. If there is no work
imperative there is always something
useful that may be done.-Farm and
Ranch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
HERE AND THERE.

-Four hundred and fifty million dol
lars to be distributed among southern
cotton grower this year, is snug
sum, and that's about the size of it.
Notwithstanding the short crop.
-Convicts put to work on roads are
not more expensive than if kept in
prison. Therefore, as far as this labor
will go, all of it that can be utilized on
public roads may be considered clear
gain.
The most successful poultry raisers
and egg producers are farmers, just
as ought to be the case. They can
raise fowls at less cost than others,
and make more clear profit than any
except breeders of fancy fowls for
breeding purposes.
Every farmer can, if he will, i'm
prove his seeds of all kinds, by care
full selection and cultivation, and by
taking advantage Of natural variation,
with as much certainty as he can, by
a similar process improve his live
stock.
The farm work, now on hand, con-
sists in cleaning UP, repairing fences
Tor building new ones); repairing old
farm buildings Cor building new ones) !;
hauling out and spreading manures,
and getting the land in proper condi-
ton for spring planting. See that it is
well done.
Have you any chicken fieas? If so,
prepare to kill them now. A wash-pot
Of boiling water dashed against the
sides, ends and all oyer the floor and
roosts of the poultry house is good
remedy. If to this water you add some
crude carbolic acid all the better.
Smaller acreage and better care
and cultivation resulting in more and
better cotton, will soon settle the boil
weevil subject. and enable cotton grow
ers to settle all their Indebtedness and
adopt the profitable pay as you go sys-
tenn.
The apple is beyond question the
most valuable fruit known TO man, and
the most profitable to the producer. Its
keeping qualities III all latitudes makes
it the great fruit Of commerce, and its
popularity, its healthfulness. and lis
adaptability to the varied purpassS ct
the consumer, either raw or coz 81
canned or dried, makes 1t the most
full Of tree fruits.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

In every country of the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known. Not only
do they minister to the spiritual and
intellectual needs of the charges com
mitted to their care, but they also
minister to their bodily needs.
With so many children to take care of
and to protect from climate and disease,
these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna neverfailing safeguard.
DIR. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich. reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir:-"The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from Laryngf-
fiS, and loss of voice. The result of
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief and after
further use of the medicine we hope
to be able to say she is entirely cured. /"
Sisters of Charity.
The young girl was under the care of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re-
suits as the above letter testifes.
Send TO The Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio, for free book written by
DR.. Hartman.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
OBEYED INSTRUCTIONS.
Photographer Planted His Camera
Where He. Was Told To and
There Was Trouble.

rapher of his staff, relates Youths Com
panion. Col. Welligan's house is burning
he said, land | want picture Of the fire.
Get out there as quick as you can with
your camera and take view of what's left
of the building, from the inside of the fence
corner"
But" said the photographer, ii
That's the point | want it taken from
right in the corner"
But | think there s"
81 don't care whether there's a better
point or not You know what want. Hurry
up You are losing time.
The photographer took his camera and
departed. 4 few hours later he came in
with the proof of picture he had taken
from the desired point of view.
What is this asked the city editor.
That is a photograph of the ruins Of
Col. Welligan's house from the inside cor
ner of the fence, near the street.
81 can't see anything of the house.
Il can't. either responded the photog-
rapher. Il tried to tell you there was big
house, but you wouldn't let me"
Mr.. Growers Case.
Frederika Ia. Dec 2S.-Mr. A. S. Grover
is now IA years of age. For the last 80 years
he has suffered great deal of sickness, and,
although he is temperate man and never
used spirits of any kind, his kidneys had
troubled him very much. He said:-
Il was told had Diabetes, and my symp-
toms correSponded exactly to those of a
young man who died of Diabetes in this
neighborhood My feet and limbs were
bloated quite little.
Il heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and at
last determined to try them. took in all
ten boxes before l was well, and now can
truthfully say that | am all right. The
bloating is gone from my feet and legs.
l have gained eight pounds in weight, and
can sleep we'll at night, and every symptom
of my trouble is gore.
and | have not had the slightest return OF
any symptom of the old trouble
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
Am English Earl,s Opinion.

the greatest travellers in the world, and
while they as rule insist upon having the
best there is to be obtained, they appreciate
good service and beautiful scenery. The
Earl of Shaftesbury, having, with his wife,
spent some little time in the United States
during the summer, speaks most enthus-
iastically in regard to what they have seen.
Buffalo:
Our stay in New York was delightful
one, and the picturesque grandeur along the
Hudson and its surroundings was source
of much joy to us all.
1T has seldom been my good fortune. to
pass the time in such excellent sport as that
Mountains Albany Times-Union.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
Of the W@age System
By HON. CARROLL D. WRIGHT,
President of Clark University Commissioner

Under the wage system outlined by the late
Francis Walker, said the speaker the wage worker
receives in advance from capital the of his
labor this measure being recouped by the returns for
the product the wage worker thus being paid for his
services before the employer receives any return for
his cooperation with the labor.
Under cooperation pure and simple the wage
Garner, who is the co-operator, must wait until the
product is secured, marketed and paid for This,
perhaps is the real underlying why cooperation
in its simple form, and when applied to production,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

number and and their names on house pro
gramme form imposing array
compositions are little buresque In France
they vaudeves, msused here to signify variety
Nevertheless they well done Small wonder the pubic
has found them attractive
OPERA the other hand be the smonpure article
with definite object 1t must provide purpoeul
story lyrics be the and cannot be irrelevant as IN
absorb the atmos
phee correspond color and expression and help
along interrupt plot Comic opera must be consistent
The opera must be mueiany not col
lection Of inging tunes of revival of
comic opera.
Theatcrgoers children who seek only for amusement
udey served up They like brightness and beauty
song dance and But they wiling to have the ar
tic pleased as well as the sensual.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

has not succeeded The employer therefore collects from the
sumner the his Announcements the of production
The two parties production being placed thorough
business old Each beginning understand the other
understanding cyszes into positive knowledge and each
ready to meet and equal basis, wage question
will be relieved its irritating complications The employer
must his enploye investor well okod for the
worneman all he has, and that his labor of to-day He has,
therefore, right know why he market that labor
best possible advantage
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Gentlemen: II
have used several
bottles ofPeruna
and feel greatly
benefited there
by from my ca
tarrh ofthe head,
and feel encour-
aged to believe
t h a t it's con-
timed use will
fully eradicate a
disease of thirty
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
Nothing More Dangerous.

Than a neglected cough is what
Or; j. F. Hammond professor in the
Eclectic Medical College, says, "and as
a preventative remedy and ID curative
agent, l cheerfully recommend Taylor's
Mullen.
A druggists, 25c., 5oc., and $1.OO a
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Chat young man, said the visitor, .be-
hayes as if he knew more than you do"
Naturally replied the merchant. why
naturally" asked the visitor. 4 am
merely his fatherM--P hiladelphia Ledger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Mrs. Mewrich had been describing her
visit to Turkey
Friend-Then, of course, you saw the
Dardanelles?
Mrs. Newrich--Why. no, we didn't They
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
Rheumatism,s killing Pain

left in quick order after taking 10 doses
of DR.. Skirvin's Rheumatic Cure, in tab
let form. 25 doses for Csc, postpaid.
DIR. SkIRNlN CO., La Crosse, Wis. k. L.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
For 30c and This Notice

the John \. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, will send free
] pkg. May LIST Carrot. ................l0 c
! pkg. Earliest Green Eating Onion. Toe.
/ pkg Peep OF Day Tomato ..... 20c
pkg. Salzer's Flash Light Radish. .l0c.
pkg. Salzer's Long Quick, Quick Rad
ish ............ .....................10 c.
! pkg. Salzer's Queen of All Radish lOc
Above six rare novelties, the choicest
and finest of their kind, have retail
value of zoe, but they are mailed to you
free, together with Salzer's big catalog,
we'll worth $4,000 to every wide-awake
gardener, all upon receipt of but SOC in
postage and this notice. TX. L.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

NIuggins-"How do you manage to keep
your wife in such good humor.' Buggns
II pretend to be jealous of her, ''-Phila
delphla Record.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

VtI9OkI7NV OF tllII " o-o-ess-e-eo-e-s-eS- S-e-6
years standing. II David Meekison.
DR.. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to formulate
Peruna. 1t was throughh genius and
perseverance that it was introduced to
the medical profession of this country.
If YOU do notderive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Pcruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
T. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Governess-"Oh, Kitty, you careless
child. There are not two rs in very Rub
one OF them out" kitty-"Ies. But
which one!"-Punch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
The W0r/d'S W0rkerS
BY RT. REV. WILLIAM CROswELL DOANE,
Bishop of Albany.

HERE two classes of people in this world, dlers and
aboring There certain dlers living sometimes in
clubs and sometimes in groceries. They the
edible fungi of humanity They the drones that per-
fecty certain day to be expelled from the hive, either
by the suicide of lives that have spent themselves until they
tired of life else where they belong, in the States
prison; but the aboring in the other
Now, who the workngmen I perfectly sure
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
Cruel RejOinier.

Cholly Nimrod-Aw-and when is the sea-
son | can't shoot?
Guide-Three hundred ard sixty-fve days
in the year.-N. Y. Sun.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
stope the Cough

AMI works off the cold. Laxative Bronze
Quinine Tablets. Price % cents
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Whether a man is handsome, or wheth-
er he only thinks he is, he acts just the
same-N Y. Times.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Returns.-'.Wha do You get in return for
Press.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
Is Comic Opera Coming TO Life
BY LULU CHASER,
Noted American Coincidence.

Musical comedy is nothing more than musical
farce and has right to the title of comedy 1t is
only all evolution from the old style entertainment
that had sway decade ago and was called farce
comedy"
The most able exponent of it was the late
Charles H. Hoyt.
Musical comedy as it is to-day IS mostly Dor
rowed from our English cousins Nine-tenths OF
those now played are by British authors 70 ind
out where the comedy comes in is sometimes diff
cult task In most cases they have been written by
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

the lower part animals believe
world the who either with
hearts and the who work
Priests students and administrators gov
eminent great railroads great financial institutions leaders
political reform the legislators where they
the hard workers of the world because they do not
that rested by nights Sleep but because
work with nending mrestng toll night and day. that
strains brains easily rested They the
workers hardest workers of the world the
men upon whom the burden and heat of the day falls
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed
with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

The right way to gather good is TO seat
ter it,. Richter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02

The following lettcris from Congress-
man Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio: +
The Peruna Medicine Co.. Columbus, o.:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-02
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK ?
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Never Suspect 1t.
TO Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy SwampROOt, Will
Do for You, Every Reader of Our Paper May Have
aSampe Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail.

1t used to be considered that only urinary and
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid
neys, but now modern science proves that near
y all diseases have their beginning in the dis
order OF these most important organs.
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out
of order, you can understand how quickly your
entire body is affected, and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly" begin taking
the great kidney remedy, DR.. Kilmers Swamp
Root, because as soon as your kidneys are we'll
they will help all the other organs to health A
trial will convince anyone.
but after Klms5
remedy to any who may suffer from these common COM
plants B.H c a2ii Ely d ASsi' Of Police.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
for many kinds of diseases and if permitted to
continue much suffering with fatal results are
sure to foIloV. Kidney trouble irritates the nerves,
makes you dizzy, restless, seepless and irritable
Makes you pass water often during the day and
obliges you to get up many times during the
night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism
gravel catarrh OF the bladder pain or dull ache
in the back, joints and muscles; makes your head
ache and back ache, causes indigestion, stomach
and liver trouble, you get .sallow, yellow com
plexion, makes you feel as though you had heart
trouble; you may have plenty of ambition, but
no strength; get weak and waste away.
The cure for these troubles is DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root the world-famous kidney remedy.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help
to Nature, for Swamp-Root is the most perfect
healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that has
ever been discovered.
II there is any doubt in your mind as to your
condition. take from your urine rising about
four ounces place it in glass or bottle and let
it stand twenty-four hours. II on examination
it is milky or cloudy, if there is brick-dust set
Ting, if small particles float about in it, your
kidneys are in need of immediate attention.
Swamp Root is pleasant to take and is used
in the leading hospitals, recommended by physi-
clans in their private practice, and is taken by
doctors themselves who have kidney ailments
because they recognize in it the greatest and
most successful remedy for kidney, liver and
bladder troubles