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three fine new houses near Twenty-third ana
Washington streets. seven rooms hath porch aud
all modern Improvements Several parties now
waiting 70 rent them % s2o per month For fur
ther particulars apply to
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Eighth and jefferson Sta
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27

Proof That at Least One Section of
Administration Is Run on
Business Principles.

The president was talking about the
miserable White House stable, which
is built on low ground behind the
White House, is antiquated and so
damp that the horses kept in it are
affected He said that the condition
of the stable is so bad that he does
not keep his own riding horses there
at all, but boards them at a private
stable.
You see, said the president, the
place is SO damp and unhealthy. My
horse Wyoming caught cold there and
died. The stable has a bad effect on
every horse kept there. They all get
the heayes. Every horse there but one
has tie heaves-every horse but one, =
almost shouted the president Think
of that!"
How many horses are there in the
stable, Mr.. PRESIDENT" somebody
asked
why, | don't know, but I'll find
out, and the president punched a but
ton for Secretary Loeb.
Loeb" he said, as the secretary
came in, how many horses are there
in the stables now?"
Twelve" said Loeb, explaining that
two of them were work horses and
two some other kind, and going
through the list.
How many of them have the
heaves?" continued the president.
"One has the heaves," Loeb re-
piled.
Why. Loeb said the president, Il
have been telling these men that every
horse there but one has the heaves.
and now you come here and say only
one ct them has the heaves. How do
you explain that?'
But, Mr.. President, said the thrifty
Loeb. Il traded off all those with
the heaves for healthy ones"
The president laughed Well" ha
said, Il guess after this nobody can
say this administration is not run or
business principles"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27

viii remain there all winter, Ike see
ready TO sprout as soon as the sun
warns them into life the following
spring. If burned there will be nc
seed on that tree to produce a new
crop IT does not damage the apple or
pear tree TO do this in spring or sum
mer Immediately after pruning the
blighted limbs, the entire tree should
be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture. If
the copper sulphate should fall upon
a blight spore, ii viii consume 1t so it
will be powerless to germinate. Where
the limbs are freshly cut is where the
now invisible seed spores may enter.
but If the sulphate Of copper be on the
end of the bleeding limb. tho blight
will be checked. These directions are
as plain as language can make them.
and if followed will check the spread
of apple and pear blight.
Do not put stable manure on apple
or pear trees. because the manure in
creases the growth and softens the
wood. heterogeneous fertilizers produce
new growth and the new wood is soft,
therefore is more subject TO blight.
Put 400 pounds of acid phosphate and
200 pounds of kainit. or twenty-five
bushels of hardwood ashes on each
acre of the orchard. and the trees viii
then grow hard wood and become to
some extent exempt from blights. Let
this talk enter into your minds and
act upon it.-Southern Agriculturist.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27

Just after the house had convened
number Of members We're striving
to catch the speakers eye when Mr.
Cannon. after glancing at a slip on
his desk, said: The gentleman from
New York. Mr. Waldo" The congress-
man was astonished, for he had not
sought recognition. The speaker
banged his gavel and said: did
not the gentleman from New York ask
for recognition on bill number so and
so?" Then Mr.. Waldo remembered
that he had, and said SO. but unfor-
tunately he had not a copy of the
measure with him. The speaker
glowered at him, ished out copy
of the proposed legislation and hand
ed it over to the clerk, saying: The
gentleman from New York moves the
present consideration of the following
bill" Then it was read and after
some discussion was PASSED. thus Civ
ing one more illustration of lawmak
ing up to date.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
What MuIchinq Does to an Orchard.

The crop of fruit on the peach trees
at this time is imn ense. and it will
exhaust the trees, break many limbs
and in many instances will so weaken
the trees that disease will set in. and
then different kinds of insects will
gather on such trees to suck what lit
tie substance they have.
After an acre of peaches have put
500 I'm the owners pockets. he regrets
to see such an orchard die. But he
can use praventatives that will check
such a calamity to his home. If the
orchard be covered with wheat straw,
forest leaves or early sown pea vines.
either of these will protect the soil and
retain the moisture for keeping tho
trees vigorous. The orchard receiving
anything like the proper care can be
made to live several years beyond the
neglected one, and pay for the trou-
BILE given II. As the peaches are gath
cred this summer see that the land is
promptly uIched.-Southern AgricuI-
turist.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
When the Mites Come.

This is the season when the festive
little red and white mites are prone
To make their appearance in the hen
house, about the roosting perches. the
nests-especially with he sitters, and
n the brood coops with the hen and
her chicks. They are more apt, how
ever, to come i'll the henhouse and
about the roosts and nests, than to
first appear with the mother hen and
her little ones, and they are nuisance
right and hard to get rid of when they
get in the roostng and nesting qaur-
ters. We have had hem come to
Us many times in various seasons, and
whenever they do come, we know that
a battle is on-a battle for fire and
sword-the fire being the most effec-
tive. The only way to effeetually rid
the poultry premises of he mites at
er they do ger a good hold, is to re
move and burn all nest material and
char the nest boxes ever strong
blaze. Then If they are about the
walls leading up from he nests, OF
the perclses, The way 20 get them o1f
is to burn them out This can be done
by taking newspaper and twisting il
into rCJis. and seIsing ire At one end
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
GREAT RIFLE MATCH
NATIONAL MEETING AT SEA
GRIT, N. T., SEPTEMBER 4.
Now That the Importance of Expert
Shooting Is Understood, the War
Department Expects Large
Attendance.

The war department is making ar
engagements for the next national RI
fe match, which is to be held at Sea
Girt, y. J., beginning September 4.
Unusual efforts are being made to Sc
cure the attendance Of a team from
each state in the union as well as
from Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines. It is improbable, how
ever. that there will be team from
the Philippines.
Accurate rife shooting is calculated
by experts of the department to count
as 81 points out of 10 in estimating
the efficiency OF a soldier on the line
of battle, and it is held that while the
teams from the states may not win
the prizes the members would be
brought into contact with the best
military rifle shots in the world and
thus be enabled to gather information
and ideas relative to shooting which
it would be impossible to obtain in
any other circumstances.
Commenting on this matter a mem
Der of the national board for the pro-
motion of rife practice. which has
charge of the national matches, said:
AT the breaking out of the Spanish
American war the members of our
small regular army We're as a rule
the finest body of military rife shots
in the world, and when an enemy
showed his head or body at a dis
lance of 400 or 500 yards. and even
much farther he was generally put
ont Of action. Our men charged over
open ground to the Spanish rifle pits
with comparatively few casualties be
cause the Spaniards never had been
taught to shoot
1T is believed that points about
rife shooting would be disseminated
even better in the national guard than
in the regular army for the reason
that the members of the national
guard as a rule live for a number
Of years in the same locality. where
as in the army most of the soldiers
leave after one enlistment.
1T is advisable that each state and
territory which decides to be repre-
scented at the national match should
hold preliminary competition two or
three months in advance, that the best
shots may be selected"
While the war department under
stands that the question of sending a
team to the national match is largely
one of expense, it is believed that
every state and territory should be
able to spare from its apportionment
Of the annual federal appropriation a
few hundred dollars necessary for this
purpose.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27

When the gag rule on the post Of
fee appropriation bill was called up
in the house recently Gen. Grosvenor
stood up to denounee the habit that
has grown on the minority side of
calling these pleasant devices of the
committee on rules gags" He re
ferred to the flibusterer that John
Sharp Williams has been conducting,
rather wearisomely to the Republicans,
and spoke mournfully of the series of
roll calls that had disturbed his Sc
renity. They talk on that side about
getting the business of the house into
the hands of the individual members, .
he said. We'll, we have got the bust
ness OF the house pretty we'll into the
hands of an individual member now. p"
And then he looked around wonder
ingly, as if he did not comprehend
why The Democrats laughed
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
SPEAKER MAKES MIRTH.
Joe" Cannon Keeps House in GooS
Humor by His Actions When
WELDING the Gavel.

Uncle Joe Cannon in action is GER
tainIy picturesque and interesting
figure. When chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations and vigorous
" defending his bills or opposing
amendments, he always interested the
members and the galleries. Earnest
in manner and with gesture which
would excite mirth and laughter. he
always had the house in good humor,
even when refusing a large number
of members something they wanted
As speaker he yields the gavel in his
left hand. in itself an oddly But
when ne counts quorum, which John
Sharp Williams compels him to do
very frequently, he grabs the sayel
around its head and points the handle
toward the members he is counting
His am is first bent like the voting
emblem of the labor party and then it
shoots out straight and the gavel is
horizontally pointed for an instant
This action is kept up, and western
men ere reminded of a bad man shoot
ing the lights out in a mining camp
booze joint. II is amusing, this per-
Torrance of Uncle Joe. It caused Will
Iiams tc tell the story of the lady who
constantly asked gentleman the time
of day, and explained that she did so
because the facial action of the man
with the watch so interested her little
boy that he stopped crying. And then
he added:
so sometimes / expect that | want
quorum counted because the move
ments of the speakers gayel amuse
us SO that they keep the house quiet
and put everybody in a good humor.
(Laughter.1
But while Williams acknowledged
that the members of the house were
'grown-up boys. as all men are" he
wanted it understood beyond any ques-
ton that there was no trifing with
sacred things, as he said:
But | want the country to under
stand that there is nobody in the
house OF representatives that is laugh
ing at or making a joke of the re-
quirements OF any part of the funda-
mental law of the republic of the
United States"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
SAVED BY CHILD'S PLEA.
Burglar Gives Up Evil Purpose at
the Earnest Solicitation of
Small Maiden.

Softened by the pleadings OF
child, a burglar who was about to
commit a murder desisted from his
evil deed and set 10 work binding up
his victims wounds. Old Nine. Rollet
and her niece, child of II, living at
Greteil in the suburbs OF Paris, were
awakened by noise in their room in
the middle Of the night The old lady
called out and Immediately a man.
armed with a knife, gripped her by
the throat and stabbed her. The
child fell on her knees and implored
him to spare her aunt's life, and he
was so touched by the little ones
earnestness that he released the old
lady. and. setting down his dark lam
tern, lighted a lamp and fetched a
basin of water. He then carefully
washed and bound up Nine. Rollet's
wound and sat on the edge of the bed
along with the old woman and child.
He told them he had taken to bur-
CLING because he could not get hon.
est employment As soon as the day
broke he departed, telling the girl to
go seek assistance for her aunt.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27

Bishop +. Cottrcl of the g. ~. H..
Church, in addressing the negro Baptist
State convention in session at jackson,
said: II have collected during the past
four years $50, 900 from the negroes of
this State, purchased land at "a cost of
$4,000 and wrote check for that
amount Immediately after the contract
had been made, and erected % building
at a cost Of $50 900, and every cent Of
it was paid when the contractors turned
over to me the keys We are here and
are here to stay. Let MS make the best
of our opportunities.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
|. MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
The New Pension Law.

State Auditor T. NJ Henry, who Ia
ex-officio Pension Commissioner has
addressed a letter to each Of the county
boards of pension examiners relative to
the pension law. The new law does
not become operative for the next dis
tribution. There IS no substantial uit-
ference in the new and the old law eN-
cept that the new law creates another
class of pensioners, thatof blind widows
The Auditor holds that as the next dis
tribution cannot be made until after
October l, when the new law is ia Of
feet, that it was evidently the intention
Of the legislature that they should
share in the next distribution and should
be placed on the lists to be forwarded
the Auditor by the county boards in
September.
The status OF the old pensioners now
on the list is in no way affected by the
new law, nor do they have 10 file new
applications. 1t is only such persons
as desire to become pensioners and who
are not now on the county lists that
have to file applications.
There has been a good deal Of confu-
sion and misrepresentation relative 10
the pension law, Snd the circular letter
above referred to was sent each county
board so they would know how to act
Tho amount TO be distributed is the
same as last year $3.50, 00O-and il Is
not believed there will be much rcdue-
ton in the amount received, as ii is not
thought there viii be much OF an inn
crease in the number Of pensioners.
The pensioners got $50. 10 last year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
Merit System Endorsed.

Representative civil service reform
ers who met in Washington recently
to confer with the national civil sery-
ice commission paid their respects to
the president, and received from him
gratifying Endorsement of their work
After considerable experience in al
most every kind of governmental
work, said he. 4 have never yet
found any position or branch of the
service as regards which the intru-
sion of political reasons in making
appointments does not do damage.
He said further that the service was
the least efficient in government of
fees the heads of which tried to cir
cumyent the merit system law.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
HERE AND THERE

With a favorable season hence
forth present conditions may material
ly improve, but a large crop of cotton
for this year does not now seem prob
able
The complaint of a want of farm
labor is general throughout the south
ern states and mainly on this account
planters have been unable to increase
acreage.
-Kaffir corn should mature it's seed
ready for harvest in ninety-fve to one
hundred days from date of planting.
1t is planted like common corn or sor-
ghum, and requires about the same
conditions.
There are those who think that
you can feed COW anything under
the sun and have the milk and butter
of a good flavor. Don't let that notion
get into your head. Feed good sweet
things If you want your butter to have
a nice flavor
Hairy vetch is a cold weather
growing pea, and belongs TO that class
of plants known as land enrichers. It
forms large number of bacterial
nOdules upon it's roots, which are sup
posed to leave in the land per acre as
much as ten dollars worth of nitrogen.
1t is said that peafowls will eat
the Colorado beetle with eagerness. If
this is correct, buy peafowls They are
beautiful birds, their tail feathers
make excellent fy-brushes. and their
meat is equal to wild duck
Burr clover belongs to the le-
gumes, therefore drawns much of its
support from the atmosphere. and is
an improver of the sol, bat not equal
to some of the other clovers. IT is not
recommended for hay, yet in several
states where it has been cultivated il
is reported to have made good hay
The canned sweet potato is find
ing an appreciatiye market in all ports
of this country TO an extent as to sur
prise many. Nansmond is the variety
most used for this purpose. The yield
of this variety is satisfactory in all of
the southern states. 1t is the best ship
per to northern and western markets,
because its flesh is firr0 and mealy.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
Squash Rorers in cantaIoupe Vines.

Squash Borers in CantaIoupe Vines.
Since the acreage in cantaloupes
has doubled itself in Tennessee in the
last year, the squash borer has become
an important parsonage in the success
of the crop.
Tobacco stems are being ground In
to dust similar to snuff, and this dust
has been successfully used at the in.
dustrial school, near Nashville, in
keeping the squash bugs off the vines
of several varieties of plants. Old to-
bacco boiled like tea can be applied to
plants with great benefit. DO not make
the tea too strong; try it at different
degrees of strength.
Sprinkle snuff or tobacco dust over
the hills of cantalOupes and place
more dirt on them, and new roots VIII
form higher up and help support the
plants. Be up and experimenting to
save the cantalOupe Crop.-Southern
Agriculturalist
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27

for no one feature Of modern decora-
tive gardening lends such a pictur-
esque touch to the landscape as the
sun dial
Sun dials range in price from SIS
for The very small size-these are re
productions and cast-up to $50. 1t
isn't always the dial itself that costs
SO much but the pedestal that accom-
panics it.
An exceedingly artistic pedestal can
he purchased for $50. but the prices
vary according to the taste of the in
dividual. A wealthy New York WON
an recently paid $4,000 for a sun dial
and pedestal, but the latter was hand
somely carved
Two particularly stunning pedestals,
recently imported from Japan for the
estate Of a railway magnate. were for
nerly temple gate posts. A stone
pedestal can be bought for $40 and
one OF marble for SOS.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27

Keen Sense of Humor.

There's nothing like a sense of hui
NOR" said Rear Admiral Buehler at
Atlantic City In a woman, in a sol
der. in a sailor, in clerk. a sense of
humcr is a help and blessing through
life.
AT the same time, even a sense of
humor may exist in excess. /. for my
part. shouldn't care to have so great
a sense of humor as a British soldier
/ once heard about.
This soldier was ordered to be
fiogged. During the logging he
laughed continually. The lash was
laid on all the harder. but under the
rain of blows the soldier laughed.
What are you laughing att" the
sergeant finally asked.
Why. the soldier chuckled. I'm
the wrong man..
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-27
DIALS COMING BACK
ARE NOW FREQUENTLY USED
BY LANDSCAPE GARDENERS.
Models of Some of the Most Famous
in History, for Which Large
Prices Were Paid, Now in
This Country.

Sun dials are in increased demand
since women have gone in for land
scape gardening, and in the pursuit
Of these timepieees of ancient manu-
facture there is a deal of energy dis
played.
Dials Of English make are most
common and are more frequently seen
in the antique shops than those of
any other country. In buying an i'm
ported dial it must be borne in mind
that TO make it practical it may be-
necessary 10 adapt it to a possible
change in its location.
So that one Of modern manufacture
copied perhaps from an old model
is perhaps more to be desired. Some
n the very old diaIs are arranged
to show the time in the four quarters
Of the globe. for instance, in London
New York. Melbourne. Australia, and
places in China and Japan.
Another suggestion for the woman
who is considering the purchase of a
dial for her garden is to see that the
fraciugs are hand engraved, not cast,
for the former are far more accurate.
The process Or casting the dial IS apt
20 detract from its accuracy.
Diaiists are born, not made, and
they are few and far between. One
Of them now in America is a German
and has qualified himself for the work
ny being an astronomer. a mathema-
tician an adept in the reproduction
Of ancient designs and a sculptor.
One Of his dials is in the garden
Of Mrs o. IT, P. Belmont's place at
Hampstead. It not only tells the time
Of day but at noon sets off cannon.
Occupying a prominent place on the
front wall Of the new residence of
Mrs. Belzhoover at Irvington-O
Hudson is a vertical ornate design,
carved in the stone Of which the house
is built Two cupids rest comfort
ably just above the dial. holding in
their hands scrolls bearing Latin mot
toes Just at the left of the porte
cochere is a dial showing the differ
ence between clock time and sun time
for all the year
Sentiment doubtless enters largely
into the fad OF collecting sun dials;
but there is another side to it, too,