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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05

tried in the Presidential chair and we
know by experience what may be ex-
pected if either of them resume his
former seat on March 4, 1913. Mr..
Roosevelt by reason of his attitude to-
wards the Food and Drug act aban-
doned the consumers of the country
to the rapacity of few mercernary
manufacturers. Under authority of
Congress I had carried on extensive
experiments with my so-called poison
squad and found that certain sub
stances, viz, benzonic compounds,
sulfurous compounds and sulphate of
copper (blue stone) were injurious
to health.
The law conferred upon me, as
chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, the
duty of acting as grand jury and
determining whether foods and drugs
were adulterated or misbranded. In
stead of appealing from my decisions
to the courts as the law requires, the
users of these poisons appealed to
President Roosevelt. He not only
listened to them, but he abrogated
the plain provisions of the law, APP
pointed board not contemplated by
the law, and directed that these pre-
datory interests might continue their
attack on the health Of the people
until this board unknown to the law,
should decide otherwise.
Can we safely trust the campaign
for public health to Mr.. Roosevelt?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05

ally keeps the stomach regulated and
they eat their favorite foods without
fear.
If your stomach doesn't take care
of your liberal limit without rebel
lion; if your food is a damage instead
of help, remember the quickest,
surest, most harmless relief is Pape's
Diapepsin which costs only fifty cents
for large case at drug stores. It's
truly wonderful-it digests food and
sets things straight, so gently and
easily that it is astonishing. Please
don't go on and on with a weak, dis
ordered stomach; it's so unnecessary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05

here as possible cure for epilepsy.
A local physician regularly once a
month injects a small quantity of
snake poison into the arm of young
man who, for long period, has been
subject to terrible attacks of the az
Fiction. The poison has been injected
into him for about twelve months
and in all that time he has not had
a return of the attacks.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05
CONSOLIDATED RURAL SCHOOL

Jackson, Miss, Sept. 5.-Prof. w.
H. Smith, supervisor of elementary
rural schools, reports the campaign
for improved and consolidated rural
school, which has been in progress
all summer, drawing to a close. The
prospects are favorable for the start
ing out of upward of a hundred and
fifty transportation wagons, which is
an increase of a hundred.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05

An article that has real merit should
in time become popular. That such
is the case with Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has been attested by many
dealers. Here is one of them. H. W
Hendrickson, Ohio Falls, Ind, writes.
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
best for coughs, colds and Group, and
is my best seller" For sale by All
Dealers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05

Running up and down stairs, sweep
ing and bending over making beds will
not make a woman healthy and beau
tiful. She must get out of doors, walk
mile or two every day and take
Chamberlain Tablets to improve her
digestion and regulate her bowels.
For sale by All Dealers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05
Why Wiley IS For Wilson
FORMER CHIEF CHEMIST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AeR-
CULTURE WRITES ARTICLE FOR DEMOCRATIC TEXT BOOK

New York, Sept 5.-The following
article is taken from the Democratic
Text Book, which has just been is
sued The splendid fight of DR.. Will
ey, a lifelong Republican, for pure
food is known in every hamlet and
every home in the land.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05
WE WILL MAIL YOU 81

for each set of old False Teeth sent
us. Highest prices paid for old Gold,
Silver, old Watches, Broken Jewelry
and Precious Stones.
Money sent by Return Mail
Philadelphia Smelling G. Refining
Company
Established 20 Years
1853 Chestnut ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
To Dentists
We will buy your Gold Filings, Gold
Scrap and Platinum. Highest prices
paid.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-05
WASHINGTON GOOD ENOUGH
FOR INDIANS

washington Telegram to the New
York World.)
Uncle Cy" Sulloway represents
New Hampshire district, and he lives
in Manchester, where the weather is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
FAMOUS OLD WEAPONS SOLD
Mark Field Collection, Including
Miles Standsh's Pistol, Brings
$4,000 at Auction.

Boston.-One of the most widely
known collections of ancient firearms
in the country was sold at auction
here, buyers attending from all parts
of the world. 1t was the collection
of Mark Field Of Charlestown, and
contained almost a thousand pieces.
Among the treasures which have
been added to the trove of other col
Iectors are Miles Standish's wheel
lock pistol. which goes west; John
Paul Jones sword, which goes to Ken
lucky, and two duelling pistols owned
by Alexander Hamilton and believed
to have figured in the duel with Burr,
which were purchased by a United
States senator.
There were also several crossbows,
one of which, reputed to have been
used by Columbus. went to a Spanish
collector SiX-shot pepper boxes were
purchased by the Italian government.
The sale was held at Libbie's and
netted more than $4,000, the names
of the purchasers being withheld.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
GREATEST OF CANAL LOCKS

1t will be interesting enough from d
topical point of view for the average
reader who may have occasion to ex-
press himself upon the Panama canal
to read up. on canal locks. says the
| Chicago Tribune. Don't make the mis-
take Of committing yourself to canal
| greatness as wholly within the Canal
Zone" for the longest canal lock in
/ the world has just been built by the
federal government at st. Marys falls
at Sault Ste Marie, Mich. This longest
lock in the world measures !, $50 by
| so feet, with low water clearance of
% feet.
This new canal, which parallels the
old 500 canal from Lake Superior,
lies to the north of the old St. Mary's
falls canal, which had its origin when
the state of Michigan dug the first
500 canal in 1855 In the early 70's
traffic through the Michigan built
| canal had increased to such an extent
that the federal government took it
over and in 1881 had completed its en-
largement to $50 feet width and CON
structing the Wenzell lock-still in
use-515 feet long and so feet wide,
with depth of Is feet at low water. On
the Canadian side are the Dominion
governments canal and lock, but by
far the greater tonnage has been us
ing the American side, where the
later Poe lock has had a length of
500 feet, width of 100 feet. and depth
of 20 feet
Now the greatest lock on~the globe
has been completed in the United
States new canal. Above the lock the
new canal basin is $50 feet near tt F.,
lock gates, widening away to a maxi
mum of 800 feet, with uniform depth
Of % feet. The lock gates are 108
feet wide. The freight tonnage an
nually for the great lakes is 10000
600, and is about one-sixth of the
freight movement of the country The
significance Of the canal lies in the
statement that almost 70 per cent. Of
this great lake commerce passes
through the several 800" canals, eff
fecting saving estimated at $3.50, 000,-
900 over rail traffic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
FL0E!ER-PICKlNG MACHINE.

An apparatus for plucking flowers
and collecting seed consists of a tube
connected with a pair of shears At
the forward end of the tube is a fork
which is slipped under the flowers.
The blossoms imprisoned between the
.pTongs are severed by a blade travel
ing upon the fork, and are dropped
through the tube into a receptacle at
the rear Of the apparatus.
The device not only collects flowers
very quickly but also without injury.
When the flowers are pIucked by hand
It is almost impossible to break a twig
without leaving behind a long silver
Of bark Sometimes even a whole
plant must be torn up by the roots.
The apparatus can also be employed
for collecting seed capsules which are
often crushed when picked by hand.
so that the seed is lost. The entire
capsule drops uninjured into the re
ceptacle at the rear, so that the seed
is preserved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
IOWA WINTER FEED METHOD
With Range of Rye, Daily Feed of
Cabbage and Warm Mash Hens
Should Be in Fine Condition.

An Iowa pOultryman advises this
method for keeping cabbage as a win
ter feed for fowls: AS soon as severe
freezing threatens, the cabbage should
be pulled up and stored away We
adopt the simple method OF burying
them in the ground, usually right
where they stood The finest heads
are reserved for the table and put to
themselves and all the remainder of
every degree buried down for the pouI-
try. Covering them is quickly done
by throwing out a trench with the
pillow that will admit three heads side
by side; then another layer Of two
heads wide is placed on top of these
with roots turned up in every case.
Some straw or grass is then thrown
over them and on top Of this is a thin
layer Of earth, of slope to shed Off
the rain Later on a heavier covering
Of earth may BE- added. Cabbage thus
treated will continue to grow more
tender, crisp and sweet and far ex-
GELS in flavor the dry stored kind.
With range Of green rye, a daily
feed of cabbage and a warm mash in
cold weather mixed with cooked tur-
nips, beets or potatoes, the hens
should be in prime condition to make
high egg record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
MAKING ARTIFICIAL LACE

Mechanism and chemistry. com bfned
have furnished France with a new
product artificial lace. The general
public has heard little about it. but
the lace manufacturers of Lyons, Ca
lais and Caudry have for some time
past been much perturbed over this
unexpected competition. to which they
will have to submit.
Artificial lace is in effect a manu-
facture of a very simple nature.
There is no weaving employed in its
production. The machine consists in
its essential parts OF a receptacle CON
tanning a cupro-ammoniaoal solution
of ceuulose, a metallic cylinder upon
which is engraved the negative Of
the design and a coagulation vat.
a rotary motion is given to the cyl
inder, over which flows the solution,
which, entering the interstices of the
engraved pattern, fixes itself immedi-
tely in the coagulative liquid, out OF
which energies the texture ready to
be dyed and dressed.
Artificial lace has a beautiful APP
pearance. 1t is homogeneous and un-
alterable; will wear better and is less
combustible than ordinary lace Wa
ter does not affect it. Any desired
pattern can be obtained by engraving
a new cylinder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Buried Treasure In Garden
Heap of Old Arabic Coins, Chains and
Bracelets Have Been Found
in Denmark.

Copenhagen.-The largest kind OF
treasure trove that has ever been dis
covered in Denmark has Just come to
light at TersIey.
TWO boys were digging in the gar
den of a resident named Otto Hansen,
when they struck a pile Of silver three
feet below the surface Investigation
disclosed the presence Of a heap of
coins, besides necklets, chains and
bracelets. some inlaid with gold and
mostly dating from tie end of the
tenth century.
Most of the coins are Arabic but
some are Anglo-Saxon, and one bears
the name of Athelstane, the early
Saxon king OF England Several of
the ornaments are finely ornamented.
but the gem of them all is a twisted
neck chain from which are suspended
two toilet reQuisites-one a small dag
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Hand Grenade for Army

ngton.-Although this is an
age of high explosives. armor piercing
projectiIe, aeropIanes and other in
struments Of scientific warfare the
war department has decided to adopt
some of the old, primitive methods of
fighting and viii train the American
soldier in the art Of throwing the
Eand grenade used in ancient times.
The grenade to be used is similar to
the old sling, and is thrown in the
same manner. 1t is to be used when
fighting at close range or when at
lacking an enemy behind a wall or
other obstruction.
Brig Gen. William Croz1er, chief OF
ordnance, said dummies would be
used for practice in this work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
GETS APES TO TALK

day they have been. subjected to a
rigid course of study" under the di-
rect supervision of DR.. Furness.
Boards with large holes in them
were placed in the cages, the animals
being given a ball and a square piece
of wood. both of which exactly fit
their respective openings in the board.
After a few days enc of the chimpan-
ices endeavored to force the ball
through a square hole but failed 1t
then picked up the square block and
pushed it through Later, both ami
mails, by their own reasoning, found
that the ball would fit into the circle
and only the block would pass through
the square
An extension of the experiment has
been made during the last two years
and it has been learned that the Chin
panzees will differentiate any size or
shape
Various other plans were devised to
stimulate and intensity the power of
thought until the animals education
has reached such a degree that they
recognize a large number of words.
associattng them with the correspond
ing objects. They also repeat short
words.
Ribbons of various colors will be
chosen by the beasts when they are
called by name
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
CANDLE NUT NUTRITIOUS

The Queensland nut" is closely al
lied to- if not identical with the can
die nut (Macadamia ternifoia). and
is one of the most nutritiYe nuts in
the world. The inhabitants of the So
ciety islands. where the candle nut
flourishes, after slightly baking the
nuts in an oven. and removing the
shell, bore holes through the kernels
and string them on rushes. hanging
them up in their houses to be used as
torches, which are made by enclosing
four or five strings in a leaf of the
screw-pine (Pandanus). These torches
are often used in fishing by night and
burn with much brilliancy. The lamp
black used IN tattooing was obtained
from the shell of the candle nut. A
gummy substance exudes from the
candle-nut tree. which the Tahitians
chew.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
SYNTHETIC INDIGO.

During the past several years when
natural indigo has come into active
competition with the synthetic pro-
duc1 there has been a great falling
off i'll the production of the natural
article.
So rapid has been this decline that
it is not hard to prophesy that in the
course Of a few more years the cult
Walton of indigo will have given place
to the production of a more profitable
crop.
In 1897 the production amounted to
169,525 hundredweight, so at the pres
ent time it may be said that the
amount of natural indigo grown is
only about one-tenth Of that which
was normally produced before the
manufacture Of the synthetic article
became a commercial success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

Do not neglect the laying hens exer-
else
The best partner on an egg farm is
a good laying hen.
Finely bred birds are often badly
bred egg producers.
Judge not hen by her beauty, but
by the way she does her duty.
You can keep breeding brakes as
long as seven or eight years.
To be continually changing the bill
Of fare hurts rather than benefits egg
production
The goose. unlike the duck. does not
scatter her eggs wherever she hap
pens to be.
The poultry man who grades up and
not down, is the one that meets with
progress. improvement will never
cease
No matter what sort of a floor one
has III the poultry house, the great
problem is to keep it clean and free
from filth.
You may feed all the food your
hens can possibly use, but if you are
short Of grit, the results win not be
satisfactory.
The best prices for breeding birds
are obtained at the poultry shows,
Beginners generally get the fever
about that time
4 neatly dressed fowl. even if it be
small, viii always sell more readily
than a large one with half Of the
/ feathers on, bruises here and thelNs,
etc
The largest ingredients in eggs are
lime. nitrogen and phosphoric acid.
In spite Of the great reputation Of
the smaller breeds for egg prodGc-
ton a Brahma hen is said to hold the
record for yearly egg production.
The common practice in poultry
packing houses is to feed each lot
seventeen days or less. Most Of the
miIE-fed chickens are fed fourteen
days
The conclusions reached by the in
vestgation show that general purpose
fowls make more economical gaine.
in fattening than the Mediterranear
class
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

One of the most curious of all ma
rine creatures that have been brought
to light in recent times is the fish
head here shown, possessing start
lingly human-Iike appearance The
old man Of the sea-" as the fish has
been dubbed, was picked up in the
waters around Cape Town, Africa The
photograph shown was made in Africa,
the head not being manipulated in any
way. The ragged outline at the back
of the head shows where it was sew
cred from the body. The outlines on
the lower part of the face are natural.
and are the outlines of the maxillary
and other bones of the jaws. The
nose has shrunk somewhat in drying.
In life, the resemblance to the human
face was even more striking. The
conicaI front teeth are shown. The
lateral teeth are very strong and mol
ar like, evidently for the purpose Of
crushing shells. Photographs of the
head have been sent to a number OF
well known authorities on ichthyolo-
gy in Europe and Africa for the iden-
LITIGATION Of the species.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
KEEP THE LAYING HENS BUSY
Fowls Need Exercise, and Activity
and Proficiency Go Hand in
Handmade Them Scratch.

Every poultry writer in the land has
told his readers day in and dav ont
that exercise is necessary for the well
being and well doing Of laying hens.
There is good sense and sound rea-
son in this advice While all work and
no play makes Jack a dull bow. no
work and idleness makes a good hen
a non-producing loafer. Fowls need
plenty OF exercise When given their
liberty they will wander for miles over
the fields and hunt and dig for bugs
and seeds and that is the time they
lay the most eggs. The lazy hen is
never the laying hen Activity and
proficiency go hand in hand. It is.
however, a sore trial to the poultry
Keeper to keep his hens, active in win
Ter. The tendencies are entirely to-
ward sluggishness upon the part of
the fowls. Inactivity brings its own
penalties. No animal organism can
maintain health and virility without
exercise. Such is not in the line of
creations manifest intent. Neither
man nor the lower animals can expect
a healthy digestion, normal liver or
good general tone Of the system with
out some hustling. The practical
question arises, What is the surest
way to induce poultry to hustle and
exerc1se?" We must not feed too
heavily or make il too easy for the
birds to get their food. They will not
work unless obliged to. and in this
particular are not unlike many hui
man beings that we know We must
make them scratch for their living.
One Of the main points of the Philo
system is 20 bury the wheat or oats in
the ground several inches deep and
let the hens dig it up, either in a
sprouted condition or otherwise We
must make them scratch in a foot of
straw or leaves for their grain all
winter Also throw some large sized
beef scraps among the litter. They
Will hunt and dig all day long for such
deicacies and get the much-needed ex-
ercise at the same time And this
parts the vigor and health that pro-
mote the egg production and vitality
that gives US the greater amount of
fertile eggs. Make them work for all
that they get; only feed mash feed,
table scraps and vegetables in the
troughs; throw all the grain into a
deep litter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
STUMBLE RESTORES SIGHT

A fall sustained when he rushed to
the aid Of his daughter, who had burn
ed herself on Z. hot stove. brought
back the eyesight of Henry. Penniman
Of Paris Valley, California, who had
been blind fc= seven years as the re-
suit of a runaway accident Penni-
man was dragged by runaway over
a plowed field on his farm and
when be was picked up ne was
blind, The other day he heard
his daughter cry for help, and while
cropping his way to the kitchen, fell
over a chair. When he arose he could
see almost perfectly. Doctors who ex-
Rmined him said the shock Of the fall
has restored to action nerve which
had been injured N the runaway acct
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Pastor Would Bar Homer

Women have too much leisure not to
have some outside interests. For
leisure to man or woman is the great
est test of character. and is danger
Gus,
Then too. the best of women's
clubs use her for the service of her
community.
But best of all is the dynamic pow
er of a woman's prayer meeting. The
religious organizations tend to con
serve the character and influence of
women for the inculcatien of the spirit
of Jesus Christ into modern civiliza-
ton. Every religious society has cul-
ture and a broad view of life. The
prayer meeting deals with world prob
lens"
Dr. Abbott urges the institution Of
chairs Of the Bible in modern universe
/ ties. because, he says, civilization
must be Christianized.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Scientist Trains ChimpanzeeS to
Use Power Of Speech.
Taught to Tell Colors by Name
Beasts Raised as Members Of
Family Show Evidence of
Their Culture.

Philadelphia, Pa-Dr William Fur.
ness, the psychologist of Walingford.
Pa. after two years work has sue
Ceeded in educating two chfmpanzees
50 that they can talk and have re
markable reasoning powers. To fur
Their his investigation DR.. Furness is
breeding the chimpanzees. He in
tends to ascertain if the offspring
viii retain the same intelligence.
The chimpauzees have been on the
estate of DR. H. II. Furness. father Of
she psychologist, and have been daily
under personal instruction. They
have been living in a truly 'intenec-
tual' atmosphere
The experiments proved that the
monkey and chimpanzee has brain
capable of logically discriminating OBJ
jects and of thinking.
The chimpanzees have been con
stantly talked to, petted. and practical
ly been members of the family. Each
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
WOMAN Is STEEPLEJACK

Women are crowding t1e men out OF
many trades and professions, and now
they are trying their hand at steepIe
climbing Probably the only woman
who so far has entered this hazardous
occupation is Miss Estelle Munson Of
Bradford, Pa. She says:
Il have always enjoyed climbing
since l could walk and ] know no
reason why women should be barred
from such calling, more than from
law or medicine. | am in II because
] enjoy the work" She is kept busy
doing repairing on church steeples and
sky-scrapers, painting signs, and other
work which ordinary mortals care MT
venture.