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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
Some Useful vermin

A fsld-mouse is a frail and harm
less looking little "besstie,' about
which Burns wrote one of his most
beautiful poems. By himself be would
not be regarded as especially danger
Gus, but w1en he becomes mice, ss be
does with great rspidity and IN geom'
etricaI progression, the case is some
what different.
In certain valley in Nevada last
year feld-mice entirely destroyed
three fourths Of twenty thousand acres
OF alfalfa. Their depredations brought
down upon them the American eagle,
in the shape OF representatives OF the
Biological Survey.
Experiments IN poisoning disclosed
a method OF using sulphste of strycn-
min on chopped green alfalfa and al
f4lf. hay 80 successfully that eVeu on
the ranches where the mice reached a
total OF twelve thousand to the acre
relief was obtained at the cost Of only
seventy cents to the acre.
Now comes the most interesting
part of the experience. When the
pert of nice first became a serious
menace to the crop, au army was sent
direct by nature to war upon them.
II consisted of thousands Of hawks,
owls, gulls, herons, ravens, skunks,
badgers, weasels, foxes and coyotes
natural eLemies OF the nice
called together by the news OF good
hunting. But all Of them We're also,
be it noted, OF the class usually desig-
mated as 'vermln,' and the farmers
were inclined to regard them as tar
game, and to shoot them.
The representatives oi the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, on the other
hand, insisted upon protecting these
birds and beasts as friends rather than
enemies of the ranchmen. The result
was immediate and remarkable. With
in the twenty thousand acres where
the mice were most numerous, the YER
min which preyed upon them
destroyed at least forty-Gve thousand
nice day, and with the assistance
of he poisoners, were able to take
care of tue rest OF the mice. and pre-.
vent them from doing serious damage.
1t might be difficult to match this
case in magnitude, but it is easy to
match it in kind. Not in Nevada
alone, but all over the country, there
are birds and beasts popularity regard
ed as noIlous which larger knowl.
edge shews to be enormously beneh-
cient.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
African Blk Game.

Big game is not 80 plentiful AZ 1t
used to be, and the President. srrsns-
ing the hunting trip to follow his re-
tirement from office, has selected Brit
ish East Africa as the region that
promises the most sport.
Even in East Africa the hunters
are 20 numerous that the government
mas had to make regulations aud to
limit the number of the larger animals
which may be shot. The ordinary
license. issued At cost Of two hun
drei and fifty dollars. permits the
hunter to kill not more than two ele-
plants, rhinocerosss, buff ,loss, earth
hogs, earth wolves. monkeys and
storks.
He may shoot ten hippopotami.
twenty antelope. aud unlimited mons,
leopards and crocodlles. He will
have to exercise ali his seli-control
when he sees nerd OF wild assoc. as
no one is allowed to shoot them in Az.
rica, however much the services OF q
fool-silIer may be needed 10 America.
He will 10 to his huutins.srouni
by way oi Mombisa. Game is 30
plentiful that lions and lsop,ris. els-
plants and buff iloes may be seen from
the car windows. Sometimes the
train has to stop to avoid running
down lion which objects to the in.
vasion Of his territory by the iron
horse.
Lions and crocodiles in East Africa
are regarded with the same aversion
that A nericsn stock. raisers have for
wolves Consequently the destruction
of as many az possible is sought.
The return from the hunting re-
gions will be by the way Of the Nile,
starting from Lake Albert. and thence
by way Of F,shoda and Knartoum 10
Cairo. N4turalists from the N,tion-
al Museum ia Washington will accom-
pany Mr.. Roosevelt and send TO the
museum such mounied specimens Of
big game as may be thought worth
preserving.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
Sees Mother Grow Young.

at would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change 10 nv mother SINCE
she began TO use Electric Buffers, .
writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick Of Dan
forth, Me. Although past 20 she
seems really to be growing young again
She suffered untold misery from dys-
pepsIa for % wears. AT last she could
neither eat, drink. nor sleep. Doctors
gave her up and all remedies failed Till
Electric Bitters worked such wonders
for her health" They invigorate al
vital organs. cure Liver and kidney
troubles. induce sleep. inpart strength
and appetite. 0niy SOC at HILLS Phar-
macy
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
4, 600, 90 Christmas Trees.

The nations forests this year sup
Piled 4 100000 Christmas trees, the
Forestry Service estimating that one
out of every four families observed
the tree custom at Yuletide.
Clifford Plnchot, United States For
ester, upholds the Christmas-tree Gus
tom and believes it should be main
taiDed.
"The number of trees cut this year"
be said, 81, Insignificant when COM
pared to the consumption for other
purposes for which timber is demand
ed. This clearing of an area equal to
good-sizod farm should not be the
subject Of much worry when it ia re-
membered that for lumber alone it is
necessary to take timber from an area
of more than 100, 900 acres every day
Of the year. 1t is true that there has
been serious damage to forest growth
in the cutting of Christmas trees in
various sections of the country, par
ticularly in the Adirondacks and parts
Of New England, but through these
sections the damage in cutting young
evergreens at Christmas is in6nitesi-
NAL when compared with the loss Of
forest resources through FIRE and care.
lees methods Of numbering.
Germany has the highest developed
system of forest management in the
world, although it's per capita use Of
Christmas trees is greatest. In this
country the foresters predict that the
Christmas-tree business will become a
recognized industry. and that as much
attention will be given it as is now
devoted to growing Of crops Of timber
for other uses. 1t is stated that only
conservation of the timber that now
remains and a carefully planned sys-
tenn of reforestation Will meet the de.
mand for 40 600 100000 feet of lum-
Der and the millions Of little trees used
each year"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

A negro was convicted Of murder in
Oklahoma and was called to the bar
FOR sentence.
William Brown, said the Judge
severely, "you have been found guilty
of murder in the 6rst degree, after a
fair and impartial trial. and sentence
you TO be hung by the neck until
dead on the fourth day Of August
The negro Was dszsd. Just before
be was led away from the courtroom
he turned to the judge and sid. 10 .
wbeedling voice: "Shorley, jsdge.
you-sll don mean this comm Angust.
does yer"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
Life 100000 Years Ago.

Scientists have found IN cave In
Swliz-rlaud bones Of men who lived
100, 900 years ago, when life was 10 con-
slant inger from wild blasts. To-day
the dlDger. as shown by A. w. Brown
OF Alexander, Me is largely from dead
ly disease. "If II had not been for DR.
Kings New Discover, which cured me.
1 could not have lived, F" he writes. ''suf-
fering as did from a severe lung trou-
ole and Stubborn cough" To cure
Sore Lungs, Colds. obstinate Coughs,
and prevent Pneumonia, its the best
medicine on earth. SOC and sl.W.
Guaranteed by Hills Pharmacy. Trial
bottle free.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
A Memory of Pickett's Brigade.

Some years after the Civil War, a
gathering of veterans of both sides
was exchanging "reminiscences at
banquet given by the Board OF Trade
of New York, writes Mrs. La Sale
Corbell P ckett in Lippincott's. The
presiding officer was Col. ] ]. Phillips
of the 9th Virginia Regiment, Pick
ett's division. he was speaking Of
night attacks, and recalled one in par
ticular, not because of its horrors, but
because Of peculiar circumstance,
almost resulting in the compulsory
disobedience of orders-the obeying.
as it were, of higher command than
that of earth.
The point Of attack had been care
fully selected" said Colonel Philips,
"the awaited dark night had arrived.
and my command was to FIRE when
General Pickett should signal the or
der.
There was that dread, indescriba.
BILE stiffness, that weird, ominous 81
lenc, that always settles over every
thing before fight. You felt that
nowhere in the universe was there
any voice or motion.
Suddenly the swesome Silence was
broken by the sound Of deep, full
voice rolling over the black void like
blllows of a great sea, directly in line
with our guns. 1t was singing the
old hymn, Jesus, Lover of My Soul.
II have heard that grand old mu-
sic many times in circumstances which
intensified its impressiveness, but
never had it seemed 30 solemn as
when it broke the stiffness in which
we waited the order to fire. Just as
it was given there rang through the
night the words:
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow OF Thy wing
Ready, aim Fire to the left,
boysr said.
The guns were shifted, the volley
that blazed out swerved aside. and
that 'defenseless head was covered
with the shadow of His wing"
A Federal veteran who had been
listening, looked up suddenly and
said:
~ remember that night, colonel,
and that midnight attack which
carried off 20 many of my comrades.
| was the singer
There was moment Of silence then
Jesus, Lover of My Soul" rang across
that banquet board as on that black
night in 1854 it had rung acroes the
lines at Bermuda Hundred.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

"It's hard, said the sentimental
landlady at the dinner table, ito
think that this poor little lamb should
be destroyed in It's youth, just to Ca
ter to our appetites.
Yes" replied the smart bOarder
struggling with his portion, sit is
tough
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
simple Remedy For la Gpirpe

Rackiug Is grippe coughs that may
develop into pneumonis over night are
quickly cured by Fo.ey's Honey and
Tar. The sore and Infamed lungs are
healed and strengthened, and a danger
Gus condition is quickly ayerted. Take
only Foiey's Honey and Tar in the yell
low package. HilI's Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

When the baby is cross and has you
worried aud worn out you viii mad inst
a little CascasReet the well kDo An rem
edy for babies and children. will quiet
the little one 10 short time. Tne 10
gradients are printed plainly on the bot
lie. Contains noopistes. Sold by Hiiis
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
sHEPHERDSTOWN W. THURSDAY JANUARY II. 1909
LIrH's MIRROR.

There are loysi hearts there are spirits brave,
There are souls thar are pure and true;
Then give to the world the best you have
And the best will come back to you
Give love, and love 9, your life will flow.
A strength in your utmost need:
Have faith and a score Of hearts will snow
Their faith in your word and deed.
Give truth and your gift will be paid in kind.
And honor will honor meet;
And smile that is sweet will surely md
A smile that is just as sweet
For life is the mirror Of king and slave,
'Tis just what we are to do;
Then give 70 the world the best you have.
And the best will come back to you.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

II you will take Foley's orno Lara.
tive nntil the bowels become r~guiar
you will not have ~ take purgs,ives
constantly, as Foley's orino Laxative
positively cures chronic constipati ,n
and sluggish liver. Pleasant 10 take.
Hills Pharmacy
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

There Is M case on record Of 4 cough.
co d or Ia grippe developing into Poeu.
monia after Foley's Honey and Tar has
been taken. AS II cures he most obsti.
nate deep seated coughs ADD colds.
Why take anything else. Hills Phar-
macy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

To ne C,sdikorS Of Roland a. Han.
H0Hd


Al the reQrest of Geo ". BeltEhoovsr.
Tgnst.e 10 a Deed ~ Trust from Rpia u A.
Hammond. bssrins date the ~ dsy " sep
tsnDer, 10 O. aud recorded ~ Deed Bo 4 No.
lgl. rage $40. Ia tn q erk'- ONE oftiis ton1-
- Curt ofJsn, rson couD'ys @sst Vir<iuis.
the creditors o, sali Hpsnd A. BsmmoBd.
VINO are ~ sursd In ssid D-~d Of Frost. are
hereby Dotin-d 10 present tneir cfsi.ns for
adjudication 20 me (Defore veom said Ifu--
Tee has s1bmipsd nls sccDant fyf siluIics-
tloa sDd settemsnt) a. my once la rbsp-
her1ssoEn. JsfsrsoJ county. W. Va. 90 90
before the % n dsy 81 F~Dru ~. IDc. ~
when time aud place VII rs1siys proof ~
debts 40 demands against the said 10 and
A. Hammond secured In sid Dteto Trust
and sdjodirsts tue same aud tbsir pfiofliss
Given nnder my hand this igrb day ofJsn-
J. = BgAOOSlE9.
Com missioner of Aero gfs ~ fos tgnnty
Court of Jefferson Coosfy. W. VA
Jan. IL, Ies-ss.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

Little Elvirs-"Msms. when the
FIRE goes out where does it go7"
Mrs Gaylord-"I don't know, dear.
You might just as we'll ask where
your father goes when be goes out"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

You may eat all the good sensible 1000
you like II you will let Kodol digest ~
FOR YOU Don't worry about dyspspsia
or Indigestion. for worry only tenas "
make you more nervous. Besides, you
don't have 70 worry any more soou'
what you eat, because hodoi Tor Dys-
pepsia and Indigestion will digest any
and ali food at any and all times no
dol is guaranteed 70 give prompt reiiei'
Sid nv Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

. For health and happiness-DeWitt's
Little Early Risers-small. gentle, easy,
pleasant little liver pills, the best made.
Sold by Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

II vish l were an ostrich, saio
Hicks, aDgriIy, ss ne tried to eat one
of bis wife's biscuits, and coaIdn't.
81 wish you we're" rsturnsi Mrs.
Hicks, "rd get feS feathers for my
hat
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21

% II Ia :.
80 1IsKiat Yss szs tlzzL, B'zs1
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16

Two-thirds of the small boys in the
public schools would rather take q
thrashing than submit to any nice,
ladylike punishment, such as stand
ing in the corner on one foot OF being
shut up in dark closet. So says q
teacher That is fact, no matter how
eloquently those who don't know-and
half the people who talk don't know
may spout about the shame and ig-
peny, not to mention the physical
discomfort, of whipping. No doubt
there Is a certain amount Of all three
inconvenience attached to q good
trimming, but in the opinion Of the av-
erage boy those disadvantages are on
set by a certain accompanying dignity.
To merit a thrashing indicates that
the boy has done something worth
while. 1t makes of him O kind Of
hero. Punishment to the corneY or the
dark closet and kindred minor punish
ments may be all very well for girls,
but b0ys yearn for something more
heroic. l am not claiming, mind you,
that this preference indicates highly
moral or commendable spirit; it is sim
ply the natural boys attitude.-New
York Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16
Hamlet Grimes.

Thomas w. Lawson, at a dinner IN
Boston, talked about success.
Success in finance" he said, as
due in great measure to prompt &C
ton. The doubling, hesitating, Ham
let type of man had best keep out OF
finance. He is sure to be swamped
The street has no use for him.
Such a man always makes me
think Of my boyhood friend, Grimes
Grimes was a falterer a doubter, a
Hamlet of the worst type.
zone night dropped in on him, and
found him in a brown study over a
white vest.
Hello, Crimes said l. What's
the matter?
"This vest said he. It's too dirty
to wear, and not dirty enough to send
to the wash. l don't know what to dc
about it,"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16
Hlah Praise for Lauder.

She was high-browed and soulful,
given to the Ibsen cult and grand OPP
era in its grandest manifestations,
hence 1t was with considerable mis-
giving that the young man took her
to see Harry Lauder.
"He is the greatest singer Of his
kind in the world" the youth had ex-
planned volubly. Competent critics
have said that only once in decade
does such a singer appear" etc.. etc.
And she had graciously consented to
look Harry over.
After the Scotchman's first song the
young man glanced apprehensively at
the young lady.
Her eyes were half-closed; she was
apparently in the seventh heaven Of
enjoyment.
This she said solemnly, is art!"
Thenceforth that young man ceased
worrying and devoted himself to thor
ough enjoyment of the show.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16
Cold STORAGE Rats.

The attendant came out of the cold
storage room with an awed look.
Rats are wonderful" he said. 1--WE
thought modern plumbing would abol-
ish them, but they live in the clean
light and dryness Of the best modern
plumbing more comfortably than they
did in the damp and filth and darkness
of the past. We thought the modern
ship would abolish them, but the LUIS
itania has as many rats as had the
Columbus caravels. And here"
He made an awed gesture.
"And here I find rats in our cold
storage rooms at temperatures that
freeze the breath and cause 1t to fall
in the form of snow. To and fro they
prowl, their coats are thick and warm
like fur, and with frost on their whis-
kers they feed heartily on meat and
game frozen to rocklike hardness"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16
HOW,S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. Walding, Kinnan &
Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family fills for consti-
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16

he should be. But with us almost the
reverse is true. We have farmers who
are the owners of large plantations
and who, because they have so much
land, think they must cultivate it all;
and in consequence we have farms
poorly titled and the farmer eking out
precarious existence because he Is
kept poor by having too much land on
which to pay taxes, without deriving
from it a fair return for what is spent
upon it.
Under the intensive plan no more
land is planted than can be properly
fortified and cultivated On such
farms the yield per acre is several
times as large as the yield under the
extensive planting system. The cost
OF cultivation is reduced and the net
profits resulting from the crops are
greater. 1t doesn't cost any more to
cultivate an acre of cotton which will
yield a bale than it costs to cultivate
an acre of cotton which will yield only
quarter of bale, hence it is a plain
case that the farmer who obtains the
best yield per acre is the one who
makes the largest profits.
What our lands will produce, under
proper system of fertillzing and cul-
tivation, has never yet been discover
ed. AS with the ocean liners, no soon
er is a new speed record made than
another steamship comes forward and
breaks it, so no sooner does one farm
er make new record for the product
of an acre than another will come and
beat it. Not so many years ago it
was believed that a bale of cotton per
acre was the limit of production. Over
two bales per acre have been raised
and still the limit has not been reach
ed. And so with all other crops.
Smaller farms, intensively cultivat-
ed, are far more profitable than larger
farms differently cultivated and it is
hopeful sign when our farmers are
reported to be abandoning the extern
sive system and taking up the inten-
sive system of farming.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16
INTENSIVE VERSUS
EXTENSIVE FARMING.

According to recent dispatches. the
cultivated acreage on the Mississippi
penitentiary farms will be decreased
this year, and the surplus lands will
be used for pasturage Fertilizers
will be used more extensively and
thus the yield on the domain actually
devoted to growing crops will be ma
terially increased.
In Louisiana the same plan has
been adopted, but cotton planting will
be abandoned by the state and the
labor of the convicts will be used in
the cultivation of sugar cane in an eff
fort to eradicate the boil weevil.
And the Independent farmers of
Mississippi are largely inclined to the
same plan of procedure.
From many sections of the stata
come reports tnat FARMERS JnlS year
will farm more according to the in
tensive plan-that is trying by higher
fertilization and improved methods of
cultivation to increase the yield per
acre-instead of following the old plan
of trying to produce greater crops by
extending the area planted. This is
a move along the right line.
It is often remarked of a farmer
that he is land-poor. In almost any
other country but ours such a term
would be impossible. Land is every
where the safest form of wealth and
the more of it man has the richer
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16

the criminal insanity theory is worth
reproducing: One of the witnesses
5enied having said that Smith was
crazy. But" he said, 81 will tell
you what | did say" We'll" he
vas asked by counsel for the defend
ant, what is it you have said?'
Witness then stated well, l said |
believed that If Mr.. Smith was crazy
he caught it from his attorneys"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1909.
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Those who subscribe for The News
through our contest department need
not expect the paper the day follow
ing, as subscriptions are coming
in so rapidly that it is impossible to
get the names into type for our mail
ing machine. The mailing departmeL,
is doing it's best and each and every
subscription will date from the day Cd
which the paper actually starts to
your address and not from the date
on which it was received by the So
icitor-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16
VOTES ISSUED ON ADVERT|SING.|

In order meet the popular demand
advertising
votes which will be allowed advertising
real estate furniture dygoods
collect the
win allow
for subscriptions Read the due below
HERE is THE SCHEDULE
VOTES
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book in advertising
No will be issued unless the
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Using sells goods and the
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Many large business has been a
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The secret using the best facilities meeting
Reaching large number
within Show the uptodate
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want them to patronize
Is your business ready for tonic
then advertise in the medium
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-16

1t is now said that tobacco store
hired Carrie Nation to break that
street car sign on which a cigarette
advertisement had been painted, but
when the London newspapers wrote
up the incident and failed to mention
the brand of the cigarettes, the ad-
yertiser baked his bargain and let
Carrie go to Jail. 1t is mighty hard
to work" London newspaper