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2 Agricultural ^ ^ Department .. Cucumber Pickles, Dried p] Fruit, Sauer-kraut. al The Piogr?.\?sive Farmer. ar OAITl) Hf/1 I.*" ? L*U P l 3UL ** I I\ lii-O To make cucumber pickies, 111 do picking everv day that tlie vines are bearing well. The on cucumbers will not get too large ! re then; and the vines will bear bet- i 1 ter. Wash ihe cucumbers well i and put them in a strong brine. ! n< f fri Put in salt as long as the water j ti i will dissolve it ; and if there is more salt than tbe water will 'L ll H dissolve, no harm will bo doneWhen it is desired to make sour pickles, take 'he cucumbers out 611 of the brine and place them in cool water. The Rait will be soaked out of them more quick- t() ly if the water is slightly heated. ^ If a considerable quantity of 011 water is not used, it may be necessary to put them in Iresb wa- ^ tor corurnl ti tna^ Wlion 6'^ ened, they are placed in vinegar 8t' of whatever strength is desired, (^n depending on one's taste for sourness. That can best be de- m termined by testing the flavor of ed the vinegar with more or less he water added. A lump of alum hi hardly as large as a hazel nut w may be put in the vinegar in w tended lor < ach gallon of pick- su les, to make them firm. Some th prefer to heat the vinegar tip in w a brass kettle, to give them a ly nice green color like that of fresh tit cucumbers. Alum is not whole- cl some, but the small amount that fir one would get in eating a pickle dr is not likely to be injurious, d? There would be more reason in !?? objecting to making the cucum- th bers green by heating 'he vine- 01 gar in t brass kettle, since the oj green color is due to the action i ot the vinegar on the copper thai is used to make the mixed metal we call brass, the result be- ^ ing an unwolesome one. The! ci reason it does not usually do i ( serious harm is because persons i w do n >t eat many pickles at a time. * SWEET PICKLES. ft To make sweet pickles, proceed as 111 making s-our pickle-, except that the vinegar is treated. Sweeten to taste and add I ^ such spices as will be most ap-|'' preciaied by tbo-e who are to vv eat the most ot the picules. Or | dinarily a total of a tablesp >on- '' ful of spices of different kinds i'1 will be enough for a callon of " pickles. Cinnamon and clove-, j are two spices frequently used, i ^ Both of these vary considerably ! ir. strength, particularly cmna I ^ mon ; and one lias to be govern I ^ ed accordingly. The cinnamon | v should be used much more liber j ally than the cloves. Those who jP like dill flavor may add dill to the j ^ spices. All the spices should * bo tied in a clean bit of cloth and dropped into the vinegar, so t that the spices may be removed ^ and leave the vinegar clear at- <" ter the flavor has been extracted from the spices. Good results 1 will be got by not making more ? pickles at a time than will be * used up in two or three weeks ? The economical housewife will ti rt/.l l h ??/\ ur ? lio tri i n<fu r u tir > ir a f . " IIWI I III I/" U??v> M ?? imj (?!' ^ ter one lot of pickles is used, but t> will reheat toe vinegar when a v new lot o( pickles are to be put in, and it may be neeesflarv to h THE L (1 more spice or sugar if sweet ckles are being made. drying fruit. The main thing in drying apes or peaches is lo keep out 1 imperfect pieces, any that e bruised or worm e'ten. Ap es are always pared betorediy, g, while peaehes may or may it be The fruit may be spread i clean cloth where the sun will ach it, hut where dust and ? * .. ill ??nf mo v 1m 1/nnf I I **111 MUb> A ivn 11 i l* J IVV | by spreading while mosquito it ting over the Irnit. II the lii is stirred shout several nes a day it will dry more lickly, and its location may ive to be changed to keep the e sun shining on it directly roughout the day. It one ha3 ough air-tight cans, such as g lard cans, they will be good store the fruit in after drying, eavy paper sacks will also keep t insects and dust, bu' the cks should be tied very tightso that no small insects can iter. The truit should not be ored where it. will become imp. Any Pollv who has an accom odatine John who is interest [ in her work and tries to help r can, if he is handy with tools, ake a simple apparatus with ire cloth and a few strips of ood, to rest above her stove to ipport fruit to be dried, so that e heated air trom the stove ill pass around the fruit rapidand dry it down in a short lie. No wood should rest, so ose to the above as to cause e to start. Sometimes truit is ied in an oven, but there is inner of its netting too warm id having a cooked taste, or ie fruit may bo burned. The ren door, ol course, is kept] "4HI1 wllilo tlio fr-liit io in flioi r?n. To MAKK SAUERKRAUT. Cut the cabbage line. A cabape slieer is J be best thing to it it w:th, and any hardware ore sh u'd sell it. Sterilize iili boiling water the vessel ttiat i to contain the kraut, and place layer ot sa't on the bottom of On that put a layer of the iced cabbage, then a laser of ie salt, then cabbage, o'e. The lyers of cabbage may be about ie length <?1 a linger in depth, bile the 1 iver of salt should be bout enough to cover the cabape lightly when evenly dis"ibuted. Press or pouiul down ie cabbage from time to time as is put in, so a.- to make it as rm as possible. Finally put pier s of boards on top of the cabage, and a weight on the boards. l cover may then be put on the tihsel to keep out insects and irt. Lot tho vessel stand in a laee that is at least moderatej warm, tdl the kraut nets to orking well. Sauerkraut com s from saner (moaning so ur) his is what Hon. .Fake Moore, Htate k'unl'Mi oftieorgiii, says of Kodi 1 For iys|?e|M!u: "K: ' . DeWitt ?t t'o., It eago, (ll.-l)ea Sirs?I have sufTerI more than twenty years from nolisat ion. A (tout eighteen months ago had yrowo so tnueli worse that I ><11 I not dig? st t? crust of corn bread ml -oiilil not ritrtio anything on my ootaclt I |o t 2*i lbs; in fact I made p my niindth'M I could not live hut abort time. when h fri?*mi of mine ?<:om mended Kodol. I consented to ry it to please him and whh better in tie day 1 now weigh more than ( verdid in my life and am in hett? l ealth than for many year-. Kodol id it. 1 keep a Iottle constantly, and /rite this hoping that humanity may ie benefitted. Yourt very truly, akc Moore, Atlanta, Au^ 10, '04" (old t?y all druggists. w A a ANOASTER NEWS, AUQU Rheumatism I hare found a tried and tested ewe to* Rherrv tnatlsm I Not a remedy that will straighten the dlatorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor turn bony growths back to fleah nipiln. Ttuvt la Impossible. But 1 can now surely kill the pains and pangs oi thla deplorable dlsoaso. In Germany?-with a Chemist hi the City oi Darmstadt?I found the last Ingredient with Which Dr. 8 hoop's Rheumatic Remedy waa made a perfected, dependable prescription. Without that last ingredient, I successfully treated many, inanr cases of Rheumatism; but now. at last, H ""I. formly cures all curable cases of this heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular wiutM, lound In Rheumatic Blood eeem to dissolve and pm) ?b*t under the action of this remedy M freely as does sugar when added to pore water. And then, when dissolved, theee poisonous wastes freely pass fro-u the system, and the cause of Rheumatism Is gone Wever. There Is now no real need?no actual excuse to suffer longer without help. We sell, and In oonftdsnoa reoommend Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy ^INDERBURK PHARMACY. ami kraut (meaning herb or cabbage), and indicates that the cabbage lias worned or soured ; and tbe process should be well under way be ore the kraut is stored in a cool place. There should be just enough salt add ed to cabbage to make tlie kraul right, for cooking without being freshened Aunt Mary. Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis., says: "I have only taken four doses of yonr Kidney aud Bladder Bills and they have done for nie more than any other medicine has ever done. I aui still Inking the pills as I want a perfect cure." Mr. Barber refers to De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Bills* iSold by all druggists. w-s Oranges as Medicine. Des Moines Register and L ader. People are coming round more and more to the irue opinion that mineral drug9 don't aid, but rather retard recovery in case of sickness, and that the only true medicine is to be found 41 i: f i ? in i iiiisb uuti supplies su ireeiy? air, water and lood. Foremost in value as medicinal foods are fresh fruits, and none of these rank higher than oranges. Oranges are very rich in organic salts, 'Hiey contain a high amount of potassium, calcium and sulphur, surpassing both cow's and human milk in i this respect. No other truit has such a high percentage of sulphur. Orange juice contains on j an average II 1-4 per mille acid, which accounts f<>r the hiuh amount ? f potash and lime which are necessary for the formation I n 1 11 !lt 111? 11 fruit noidj I'nro j orange juice is an ideal remedy lor scrofula, rickets, nervousness, and especially blood diseases i (principally scurvy). It is most valuable for the reduction ol uric acid and other waste matter in the system, and, therefore, both I ' a preventive and curative food for rheumatism and gout. Consumptive and anemic people will also be greatly benefited by a diet ot oranges on account of the j high percentage of blood-build' j ing salts they contain. Lemons have the largest I amount of magnesium lime of all the fruits They show the greatest acidity?73 per mille. Their juice is excellent for the preparation of both fruit and vegetable Halads and should altogether replace vinegar, which is worse than alcohol, by depriving the blood of it* important organic Halt s. ItH medicinal qualities are highly appreciated in the cure of uric acid diseases. Delay in commencing treat meet for a slight iriegularity that could ! have been cured quickly by Foley's I Kidney Remedy im?y result in a serious kidnev disease Foley's Kidney Remedy builda up the worn out Ungues and strengthens these organs, commence taking It today. Fuinlerburk I'harmacy, K. VV. Hammond, ilealh Springs, a, (j. 8 1ST I. 1908 WE SEEK 1 VOI u KAT jflBffffaffrmTftTffflTrnTTi lX/ffi'w/I ?) WE SELL EV IN MEN'S Wl YOURS T Williams II ;! ?ii Catawba This resort extends to the C County an invitation to visit i and offers to you such inducei find at hut few Summer Resor lino Pi tVlO UTotfil' of iiiiti. x ii ot tuv >mivi at Catawba has medicinal properties in it indigestion, bladder and kidne a renewed lease on life by vir this ])laee. The table is all th; ask, and the climate unsurpass alley, lawn tennise, and no one Catawba that did not wish to return. Cc are reached over the South< North Western to Hickory, N, fortable hack line that will Springs in 40 minutes. Fine d i ,3 il j 1 enjuyeu rattier tnan to ue < given by applying to Catawba Sprin Hickory, Or E. G. Gilmer, Hotel I Notice of Registration. J The oflice of Supervisor of Resist ration will be open, commencing July Int. ItKis, at it o'clock a. m.. and closing at h o'clock p. hi., for the mouths of i . July and August, every day exoept | Sundays, for the purpose of revising i t he registration hooks. \ il voters will I tiave to have new registration certifl cates. ('all at office in rear of court ( houee W <1 A I'OUTKR. Juiy 24,IMS- 70-'.tS. Chairman . W. P. ROBINSON . All'OKNEV AT UW | Omo? over Ileaili-Jone* Co 'a Store LANC'AHTEK, H. C. ( Prompt attention to btmineaH. HE MEN'S RONAGE ? H-l ^ ? 2 Zs< %5*i ^ N- <?*?# ? sr^ < f O5^ E c~? c 21 W ^ . N* ^ iT05 Um ^ .. o Ci-^r N* . j .. r+ r+- n*- (-*> Hj <?^ W . . *- C0 > <v 55* ? ~ St C P ^ .. 1-5 ^ 1 ERYTHING I EAR" :::::: | RULY, lighes Co. Springs Citizens of your town and it during the hot Summer nents as would be hard to ts in Western North CoroSprings which are no humbug for y troubles. Many have had tue of spending GO days at at any one could and would ed, fine orchestra, a bowling has never spent a season at Springs >me and try it. The Springs ern Ry., and Carolina and , C., where you will find com transfer you to Catawba I1VC tilIU UUC LliilL IS aiways ireaded. Full information Hotel Co., - - N. C. redell, Statesville, N. C. HARRY IIINKS ATTORNKy.AT.I,A >?' omces In Sprlnjfrt Mock. Ov? r C.Ioud'R Htoro LANCASTER. S. C. Dr. J. E. WELSH, DENTIST. Jftice in EmnionH HuiMing opposite First National Hank. rnone ino. LANCASTER, S. C. * OR. DOUGLAS McINTYRE DENTAL. SURGEON V )Hlr.e over Heath-Jonea ('o.'h Htore. L4It AHTEB, H. V.