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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
CHILDREN WITH SAME NAME
Three Small Youngsters PerpIexed at
Old GentIeman's Remark Until
He Explains.

There were once three children
whose names were Elizabeth. Dorothy
and Theodore. They were sisters and
brother. One day an old gentleman
friend of their mother's-came to
see them and when he had asked their
names he said:
We'll, well; SO you all have the
same name"
"Oh, no. explained Elizabeth, who
thought the old gentleman must be
little deaf. Il am Elizabeth. my sister
is Dorothy and my brother is Theo-
dore."
And those names mean Just the
same thingi" explained the old gentle
man. Theodore In Greek means gift
of God Dorothy is the same name
with the last syllable first and the first
syllable last. And Elizabeth means
gift of God in Hebrew. But you all
seem to be unusually nice children. |
think you quite deserve your names"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
KILL BOIL WEEVILS
Special Agent of Agricultural De-
partment Tells How 1t Is
Done.
Interesting Article Should Prove Prof
table &c Farmers in Every Cotton
Growing SectIon-Exarine Plant
and Destroy All Punctured Squares.

The following interesting article on
how TO kill the boil weevil has been
issued TO the farmers of Anderson
county by T. NJ. Shirley. special agent
farmers cooperative demonstration
work of the United States department
OF agriculture. and should prove profit
able TO farmers IN other sections OF
the state as well:
Having examined a great many
cotton fields in Anderson county re-
Gently. find a great many weevils I'm
the cotton. and as they are increasing
rapidly, desire TO call your attention
TO the fact. and suggest remedies for
preventing them from destroying n
great deal of your cotton; and If you
follow out these suggestions you can
grow a fine crop of cotton in spite of
them.
THE cotton is now forming as well
as / have seen II. and by saving the
squares that IL will put on I'm the next
few weeks, a good crop will be as
sured: and IL can be done 10 a very
great extent. The weevils have APP
peared only in sections of the fields.
and by watching closely they can be
held in check and kept from spread
ing. Where there are children they
may be hand picked: both weevil and
punctured squares. Many farmers are
doing this now. Why not you?
Keep your sweeps going; so over
your cotton every eight or ten days:
don't stop for dry weather: attach a
brush TO your singletrees. which VIII
knock many of the weevils and pune
tured squares off the stalk. and into
the dust mulch, thereby destroying a
large percent, for the hot dust will
surely kill them.
but, If seasons continue. pick the
squares and burn them, for burying
them in moist soil will not kill them.
Remember that 100 weevils de-
stroyed now prevents thousands later
on. and this will save you perhaps one
TO ten bales OF cotton. II is up TO you
TO save your crop and make a good
yield. Don't neglect to follow out
the instructions; 90 now and examine
Jour cotton, and # you find any pune
tured squares destroy them and find
out the weevil. for there are but few
now, and doing so you may destroy
the whole colony.
BE sure TO pillow often and shallow,
keep dust mulch. and verify believe
you will be absolutely rewarded for
your labor"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Have No Sense of Direction.

People brought up in the city have
no sense of direction" said a lawyer
who was raised in the country In
the camping and hunting seasons you
will notice it is always they who are
getting lost in the woods In re-
cent case | had occasion to examine
fourteen or fifteen witnesses as to tho
exact situation of an encounter be.
tween two men. They all lived within
few blocks of the place, crossing
of two streets. and knew the surround
ings well enough to describe the
buildings on all four corners. but
whether the bank was on the north
west or southwest corner, or whether
the trolley car from which they had
all seen one of the men alight was
going west or north they didn't have
the slightest idea. And yet they were
all intelligent enough to point out on
the city map what corners they had in
mind. New York Sun
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
THIEVES INVENT A NEW WAY
Clever Philadelphia shopIifters Per-
feet an ingenious Device for
Carrying on Their Work.

Philadelphia.-So time ago in
several large stores in this city it
was found that goods were being
stolen in a wholesale way that set all
the floor watchers working with re-
doubled energy. but despite their ex-
ira vigilance the thieves were not de-
tected for quite awhile. Finally their
system was discovered and through
the arrest recently of two men and
young woman from $4,000 to $4,000
worth of stolen goods were recovered
in their room The detectives en-
tered the room just as the three were
unloading goods of various kinds from
the big paper boxes in which the pur-
Joined articles had been successfully
secreted while the thieves were at
work in the stores
The boxes were especially designed
for making thefts easy, the arrange
ment being something new even in
the varied arts of shoplifters. hole
about twelve inches long and five
inches wide was cut in each box, and
the box was so carried under the arm
with this hole next to the side of the
body that it was almost impossible to
discover it. The accused would each
buy some trifiing articles and pay for
it. The bill was then taken and at
tached to the box in such a way that
it could be seen readily by the sales
people and store detectives. Each OF
the thieves would operate at different
counters. as a rule. but sometimes one
of the men and the woman would op-
crate together.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
CuItiVating Corn.

Cultivation Of the soil checks the
evaporation Of moisture; consequent
-. has tendency 10 make the soil
warmer. Checking the evaporation
also increases the supply of available
moisture IA the soil Cultivation also
stirs up the soil and allows the air 10
enter more freely. Consequently, ia
cultiyating. one has a means by which
he can largely control the available
moisture In the soil. In this way the
corn grower has the advantage OF the
grain grower; because the grain grow
or loses control Of bis crop as sOos as
it is seeded. while the corn grower can
do many things 20 regulate the condi-
ton OF his soil by means Of cultiya.
ton.
Sweet corn fodder has more nutri-
ton than that Of field corn. See that
every bit is utilized after the ears are
gathered. II makes fine pork
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
AMUSING GAME OF SECRETARY
Variation of Consequences" but
More Personal and Therefore
More Interesting.

The game of secretary is a varia-
ton on the old game of consequences.
but 1t is more personal and therefore
more interesting.
The players may be seated around
table, provided with pencils and pa
per and directed by the leader or sec
rotary, as he Is called, TO each one 10
write his or her own name at the top
of the sheet and fold it over so as to
conceal IL.
The secretary then collects the pa
pers and redistributes them. with the
order to write a character" The
players set TO work TO write, good or
bad, or they may take any one of their
companions as q model. The more
extravagant the details the more fun.
Again the papers are taken IN and
distributed. all being changed around,
and the writer's are told TO describe
the past life OF the unknown person
whose name is hidden at the top of
the page. Then follows the order to
describe the persons present, future,
fate or fortune-or any particulars
the secretary may think to ask for At
last the papers are collected and read
aloud, and great is the amusement as
each one present is described.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
CHECKS FRISCO RAT PLAGUE
Federal Health Authorities Describe
Extensive Campaign Against Dis
ease-Spreading Rodents

Misunderstanding no case of hui
man plague has appeared in San
Francisco in two years and four
months and no case of rat plague has
been found there in a year and six
months. the deadly war for the exter-
mination of rats in the Pacific coast
metropolis continues without relaxa-
ton.
With this statement Acting Assist
ant Surgeon G. NJ. Converse of the
United States Public Health and
Marine hospital service introduces a
report containing interesting details
of the anti-plague work. This war
on rats is mostly in the nature of
prophylactic measure against reinfec-
ton.
Thirty laborers are employed ex-
clusively as rat trappers. There are
in constant use about 5000 traps of
the cage and snap varieties. During
May S.561 rats were trapped. In this
time the bait used was 321 pounds of
bacon, 104 pounds of cheese and 62O
loaves of bread Bread was the best
bait in cage traps; record is kept
of the location each rat is trapped.
Destruction of rats by poison is now
limited to the sewers. During May
27.452 pieces of poisoned bread We're
distributed on boards placed in the
sewers.
City inspectors. acting under the
United States authorities, have been
making a reinspection of all premises
IN the city and Surgeon Converse says
the result at the present time seems
to show that the people have learned
a lesson of cleanliness.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
An Excellent Hog-House.

nearly always draughty. a condition
which is extremely bad for hogs
Poultry raisers are coming 20 learn
that the best houses for their use are
the open front style and hog rnisers
viii also doubtless accept the same
views in time.
In the Maryland house there are
seven divisions, each : feet wide. The
feeding alley Is at the front. and down
the center OF the floor. which f. Of
cement, runs a division about one foot
deep and feet wide. This separates
each pen into three divisions and into
this Is swept all OF the waste bedding
and droppings.
The bedding quarters arc az tho
back OF the house.
All Strengthening g. done I'm this
house. by closing the gates and open
ing the double doors at each end "A
wagon can be driven through.
The house IS supplied with running
water and the troughs are made OF
cast-iron. II Is probable. however.
that when the castiron troughs be.
come useless and rust. cement troughs
viii be installed in their place.
This type of house is cool I'm tho
summer because IT is high enough TO
admit of abundance Of afr and II is
not too cool in the winter.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

string being left in the spinner's hand.
In spinning the top, care should be
taken to wind the string firmly and
evenly on the peg, and when it is pull
ed out, neither too much nor too little
force should be used, and a firm and
steady hand should be employed,
while the top should be held in per-
pendicular position. The string should
be drawn with a steadily increasing
force, or the top will not hum prop
erly.
There are various kinds of peg-tops.
and they also vary in shape, some be-
ing much rounder than others. Those
are the best which are shaped like a
pear There is also great variety as
regards the shape and size of the peg,
which in some tops is short and thick,
in others long and tapering. Again.
tops are made of different kinds Of
wood, some being made of deal. others
of elm, some of yew-tree and others
OF lockwood. These last are the Box
ers so highly priced. Some of the
very best tops are made of lignum-
vitae, with long, handsome pegs.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
&kGelleTul s. s.
FGE'n1NOt0S

Lawn clippings make an excellent
mulch for large plants and shrubs.
The tent catapiller is doing his best
now. Get after him with the torch
There is no better way to harvest
peas than by turning the hogs into
them.
Generally. a hen should not be kept
for egg production after she IS two
years old.
Every country dog should pay a IT.
cense and wear q collar just the same
as a city dog.
While sheep viii eat weeds and
coarse heritage. they viii not eat feed
that has been tainted by other ami
mails.
During warm, sunny days raise the
windows and open the doors. so that
houses may be thoroughly aired and
dried out.
In every liter OF chicks there viii
be some that are backward. II these
are well started they viii come out all
right In the end.
Let there always be a good supply
Of cool. clean water and a shady spot
10 which the chickens can resort dur
ing the heat Of the day.
Dealers have habit OF cutting into
both ends OF the apple barrel before
buying and this sometimes proves en-
barassing 10 the seller.
As soon as pig is discovered 20 be
droopy or falling behind the rest Of
the herd II should be taken out and
put in an enclosure by Itself
A packer declares that the cost OF
picking a barrel OF fru'. on very large,
high trees is 20 cents a barrel, while
on low-headed trees the cost does not
exceed z cents.
Turnips sown once IN two weeks
during the summer will furnish the
vegetable in the best condition for
table use during the entire season.
The SNOWFALL OF six weeks IS one Of
the best varieties
Many farmers in the corn belt hog
off their corn by turning the animals
into the fields and allowing them to
ride down the stalks and help them
selves. This is a labor-saving plan
but it is wasteful beyond question.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

square at each end. If you are milk
ing where there is a floor, take four
or five six-penny nails. bite their heads
off and drive them into the bottom I'M
til they stick out only about one
fourth of an inch, to keep the stool
from slipping. ] have used this kind
of stool for 30 years and find after
trying all other makes that there is
nothing else so convenient as this
one.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
When the Petals MINGLED

By Philip Kean

On each side Of the fence there was
little garden. There were red roses
In the garden on the right and white
roses in the garden on the left Ii
seemed as If the owner OF the white
rose garden might exchange bios
SONS with the owner of the red rose
garden But there was no exchange.
Bitterness and strife existed where
there should have been harmony. and
the man who owned the red rose gar
den never spoke to the woman in
whose beds the white flowers bloomed
II was feud of such long standing.
however, that the enemies had grown
gray while fighting it out, and their
children had waxed strong and tall,
and had reached the age of loving
even while their elders hated.
Because of that hatred the boy and
girl were forced into secrecy. They
hid their good friendship. and when
they walked in the red rose or the
white rose garden only their eyes
stTayed across the fence. These
glances and the trysts they kept in
the little grove a half mile away on
the hill We're the sole outlets for the
emotions that were beginning to pos
sess them deeply. In fact they We're
In love.
It's no use trying to hide it from
anybody" David said when he had
kissed Elyira for the first time.
Elvira flushed But they will
never let us marry, David she said
The boy clinched his fists but
we can run away" he told her def
anuy.
Elvira shook her head Mother
loves me too much for that
Il know" The defiance left Dav-
ids voice. Father loves me, too,
but he hates your mother"
They talked over the feud after
that. of the quarrel about the strip of
land that had made the first trouble
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

II have been awful1y worried all
day." said she as she pushed the larg
est chair toward her caller. This
morning man came 80 the door and
asked If he might oYeo the window
and mend the pipe outside. I said
Certainly and left him at the open
window while / went to wash my
dishes, and when | came back there
was the open window. but no man. I
ran TO 1t. looked out and down the
area, seven flights. and all over the
adjacent window sills. but not q sign
of the man. l looked up on the roof
as far as l could see, but he wasn't
there. He wasn't anywhere What
do you suppose became of him? II
has worried me all day"
He might possibly have opened
the door while you were in the kitch.
en- and walked out" her caller sug
gested. quietly.
$50 he might" cried she. 1T never
occurred to mel"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

whitewashed walls without adornment
Of any kind. On a small circular ia
bic, used formerly by William Penn.
is the visitors book, in which the
names of Americans figure largely.
The meeting house was built about
1879. At the present time two regu-
lar meetings are held in it every year.
one on the fourth Sunday in May, the
other on the first Thursday In June.
In the neighboring village of Chal-
font st. Giles, situated some two miles
to the northeast of Jordans, is the
cottage where Milton lived and where
he wrote Paradise Lost" while two
miles further on. still in the same d.
rection, commanding the villa resi-
dences of ChOrley Wood, is the fine
old half-timbered house of Kings
Farm. where William Penn was mar
ried, in 1872, to Gulielma, daughter of
Sir William Springett.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

her daughter start for the trysting
place. She knew how bitter the
thought of the marriage of these two
would be TO the man across the
way And so the summer waned and
the fall came. and in October the two
were to marry-David with his
fathers consent, Elvira with her
mothers. and yet neither parent
knew Of the willingness of the other.
Revenge was the sword with which
each hoped TO pierce the heart of his
opponent
On the morning of the wedding
day Elvira's mother helped the girl
TO dress. There was no VEIL no white
satin; but Elvira in her filmy null,
with her fair hair in a golden coronet
around her head and with a bunch OF
white roses from the garden, was
thing Of beauty.
The mother was in a fiutter of ex
element over the supposed runaway.
you go on and meet David" she
said. and | will come after you to
the church 1t won't do to let David's
father suspect"
On the other side of the fence the
old man was giving similar advice.
You go and meet your girl" he adj
vised. land I'll go down to the church
after you. It won't do to let her
mother know Then he brought out
bunch OF red roses. shed better
have a brides bouquet, even II 1t is
runaway match
Into the dim country church an
hour later came the young couple.
The bride was fresh and sweet In her
snowy finery; and in her arms she
carried great punches of roses-red
and white and fragrant. The bride
groom, with his head up. looked as
If he defled the world to take her
from him. The minister brought with
him a couple of servants TO act as
witnesses and the footsteps OF the
five persons echoed through the still
ness. Then, as the young pair stood
before the man of God, the silence
was broken by a careful tiptoeing in
the aisle to the right and careful
tip-toeing in the aisle to the left. The
red famed into David's face, but FL
vira was white. The minister began
the service, and back of that happy
trio two old persons, caught in the
net of their own evil passions, glared
at each other across the empty pews.
But as the service went on the
flashing chances sOftened-nOne could
hear the beautiful words that Joined
youth and beauty with youth and
strength and remain hardened. Into
the eyes of Elviras mother came
tears. She leaned her head on the
back of the pew in front of her and
wept
David's father cleared his throat
What God hath joined together
said the minister, let not man put
asunder'"
The service over. Elvira almost ran
down the aisle But it was the aisle
to the left. and it was to David's
father that she ran.
Forgive us; oh. please forgive u.s."
she said.
In the aisle to the right David held
little weeping woman to her arms.
little woman with the hatred all
gone out of her heart. And presently
the couple in the left aisle went to
meet the couple in the right aisle. and
the old woman was saying: My son."
while the old man muttered: MY
daughter.
Then they all went out of the
church together. and as they went
their way was marked by the falling
petals of the roses-red and white
and white and red intermingling now
in perfect harmony.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
EXCELLENT HOUSE FOR HOGS
Used Mainly for FattenIng Young
AnImaIs--set Facing South for
Light and Air.

The illustration herewith shows
hoghouse on a farm near Baltimore.
Maryland. II is 56x2s feet and is used
mainly for fattening young hogs. IL
is set facing the south apd Is prac-
ically all open I'm front. thus affording
abundance Of light and air.
This type of hog-house. while well
adapted TO the climate OF Maryland
and other southern states. would also
answer every purpose I'm the north.
A hog does not suffer from cold.
provided he is kept perfectly dry; and
We believe IL is better that the entire
front of the house should be open
even during the coolest weather. than
10 confine the animals In a tightly
built structure.
Even the best tight houses rarely
afford perfect ventilation and they are
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
A Princess Prank.

Queen Maud of Norway has always
been the humorist of the royal family.
When younger she was very fond of
practical joke. One of her efforts In
this direction took place at a cattle
show in the immediate neighborhood
of Sandringham. Accompanied by the
prince of Wales and other members of
her family. Princess Maud. as she then
was. went toward a pen where a large
crowd had collected around one of the
kings prize bulls Suddenly intense
commotion took place. for the animal
commenced to plunge and something
like a stampede took place among the
onlookers. 1t transpired subsequently
that the princess had been prodding
the animal with her parasol.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
CURE FOR collie IN HORSES
Two Excellent Remedies Prescribed
That Are Safe-Keep Animal
Well Blanketed.
(Ry II. A. COOLEY

Procure some gunpOwder contain
ing saltpetre. which acts on the kid
neys: also some charcoal and soda.
which act upon the stomach and in
testines. and drench the horse with
this. Another way is to take salt
petre, alum, charcoal. and laudanum.
equal parts and drench the horse with
the mixture. They are all perfectly
safe except the laudanum. so be care
full not TO give over an ounce of the
drug. Keep the horse well blanketed
and in warm place. Also sec that
he has plenty of water. but not too
much, and feed. Driving the horse
too hard or getting him overheated
will cause collie.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
POPULAR GAME OF "CUTTING,
Always Finds Favor With Boys and
Girls-SimpIe Prizes Given
to Winners.

A game of cutting" always finds
favor with boys and girls. Provide
each person with an old magazine,
pair of scissors, a small cup of
homemade paste and a brush made
by folding a piece of paper many
times and then finely slashing one
end. Besides these things give to
each player several sheets of plain
paper a little larger than a magazine
page. Each person is to cut out any
picture or parts of pictures he chooses
and mount them on the plain paper TO
make new pictures. After half an hour
all Of the pictures should be placed
where they may be seen Simple
prizes should be given to those ma
king the prettiest, the most comical
or the most original sheets.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Some Flower Notes.

Balsams show 10 best advantage
when they are pruned 10 one straight
stem. Pinch off every side branch
and the single stalk left will be com
pletely covered with a mass of bloom.
All flowers keep in bloom much
longer, and the flowers are larger. IL
not allowed TO form seeds. Pinch off
every flower as soon as il begins
to fade This is especially true of
sweet peas and pansies.
IL is a mistaken idea that ivy vines
keep walls damp. They keep them
dry as the little suckers. which cling
to the walls, suck the moisture from
the walls instead of attracting 1t to
them.