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FRUIT TREE AGENTS. "Joshua Harrfftrong" Has Some thing to Say About Them. Warns People to Give Them a Wide Berth.?Bought an Everbearing *?each Tree That Never Bore At AH. Winter is breaking and the Spring tide is anproaching, wnich means, among other things, that fruit tree ajents will soon be on the road. Of these there are several kinds from the hardened old sinner to the tenderfoot fresh from between the plow handles and starting his first season. Well, we remember the fruit tree agents of our boyhood days. How we did stare with eyes and mouth agape at the beautiful samples of fruit put up in jars of magnifying glass; and no less astonishing was the set speech of the agent,?he would convince you that peaches grew on oak trees with just a little extra attention. And he generally got an order and spent the nisht with us to boot, giv ing mother a rosebush to smooth her ruffled feelings,?she was grow ing just a little suspicious of these agents, sensible woman that she was. All fruit tree agents are not ras cals, but they sooner or later fully develop. A fruit tree agent must necessar ily grow suspicious of his own hon esty when going through the coun try year after year he finds that he is never ofl'ered any beautiful and delicious frcit grown upon the very trees which he has sold. Fact is it is very hard to grow fruit in this part of the country; and this is especially true since the ad vent of the numerous diseases to which fruit trees are subject. Years ago some fruit was raised here from native trees, thoroughly acclimated, and before blight -and scale diseases had made there ap pearance; but now it is a well nigh hopeless task. Pears and apples cannot be raised on account of the blight. There is one pear, the Keifer, that withstands blight to some extent, but the fruit is so hard that it would give an ox the colic to think about eating It. This variety may be used for cook ing. It is probably safe to say that there is not a nursery or commer cial orchard that is not infested with the San Jose (pronounced "boosea") scale in the United States. This scale attacks all fruit trees and plants, and is the most deadly foe to plant life ever discovered. There are so-called remedies, but they are absolutely worthless. The only remedy is the axe and fire. Prof. Ohas. E. Chambliss, State Entomolo gist, Columbia, S. C. will confirm this if you will ask his candid opin ion. The peach tree is the most sr|> ceptible of all to attacks from this scale. It has spread all over the country and has destroyed or will destroy all fruit trees. No doubt it will disappear in the course of time, being eradicated by some natural enemy; but until then all money spent buying fruit trees is worse than infested, for it may result in infesting the trees and plants which you already have and which may be free as yet. The scuppernong grape seems to be one plant that is immume. So, do not part with your hard earned dollars for fruit trees, at least not at this time. Did you ever buy an "Everbearing Peach Tree," which strange to say never bore at all? Well, I did. Joshua Hardstrong. Notes From Swansea. At Swansea the following town officers were elected Monday to serve durng the .next municipal year: W. H. Witt, Intendant; J. L- Hai-ler, P. L. Hildebrand. C. C. Gantt, R. E. Inabinet, wardens. At a negro cliurch rtyt Sundny night Knowlton Greei was cut by Hec. Patterson. The wound is not of a serious nature. The Bank of Swansea is doing a j^cod bus:i:ess and fills a long felt want in this town. An unusual amount of guano is being hauled out by the farmers this spring. Swansea is cn a regular building boom. The improvements are all of a substantial nature. " How About Our Building. That is an awful tale we publish on the first page this wee!:. Nearly two hundred school children caught in a fire trap and burned to death. This is the third accident of the kind in a very short time. Is it possiblb'.' for such a catastrophe to happen in our town? Are our public building:? so arranged that in case of fire people could get out? How about the school building? How about the Academy of Music? Let us look after these and other build ings before it is too late. No Change in Game Law. There seems to be an impression going about that there have been certain changes made in the bird, game and fish laws of the State. This is a false impression, however, as there have been no changes ex cept in Lexington county. There has also been added a close season for opossum; other than this no changes have been made. The Audobon So ciety warns all persons of their in tention to prosecute violations of the game laws to the fullest extent. Con victions are being secured every week. A Business Directory. The "Business Directory" will ap pear in The Times and Democrat next Tuesday as per contract with Mr. C. E. Grimes, who worked it up. We believe this form of advertising will prove all right. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. Nantes of Those Drawn to Serve the First Week. We publish below the names of the gentlemen drawn to serve on the jury the first week. L. F. Dach, Elizabeth. W. J. Winningham, Goodland. W. H. Dantzler, Orange. * Felix D. Rush, Goodby. W. A. Irick, Popular. L. B. Connor, Goodby. D. E. Dantzler, City. W. O. Williamson, Willow. T. W. Strock, Goodbby. R. H. Austin, Goodland. L. G. Funderburk, City. S. E. Geiger, Caw Caw. W. D. Hoffman. Goodby. John J. Maynard, Amelia. W. D. Moorer, Providence. N. B. Stoudenmier, Orange. / S. H. Bookhart, Popular. J. H. Ruple, Branchville. R. L. Berry. City. H. D. M. Ott, Cow Castre. W R. Livinston, Hebron. L. M. young, Willow. D. J. Hugaes, Zion. L. B. Williams. Goodland. J. R. Hamilton, Branchville. W. M. Tindal, Hebron. P. C. Dukes, Branchville. J. P. Knighs, Liberty. W. H. Edison, Goodland. D. D. Davis. Liberty. E. J. Salley, Liberty. P. M. Baldwin, Cordova. L. H. Adden, City. B. M. Rush, Vance. D. E. Way, Zion. G. E. Felkel, Lyons. The second week jury was drawn j but it is not likely that they will bei summoned. This term of court will j be devoted entirely to civil cases. THE LENTEN SEASON. A Season of Repentance on the Part of Some. The Charleston News and Courier of last Wednesday says: "This people are expected to repent them selves of their sins and to endeavor to lead better lives. In the Catholic Churches the faithful, when they ap pear before the altar, are marked on J the foreheads wit lithe sign of the j Cross, the celebrant of the mass spy ing to each in 'turn: 'Remember. ! man, thou are dust, and unto dust, thou shalt return.' In the Episcopal j and ?nie of the r>ther -fturches thej day is the beginning of the period i f forty days' fasting, humiliation and prayer. It is a beautiful observance and well worth keeping; but it has been noted by the worldly-minded oftentimes that the fervor with which the fast begins does not last througn out the season. In previous years bridge whist has been a leading di version of the period among some piously inclined women. It is not known what arrangements have been made for the season which opens to day." TO M..RK GRAVES. D. A. R. Will Furnish Stones to Mark Revolutionary Graves. Moultrie Chapter D. A. R. is very desirous to see greater results from their untiring work of trying to lo cate unmarked Revolutionary soil ders graves. To further expedite matters an appeal for aid from the county at large is hereby made through these colums. Arrangements have been made with the U. S. War Department to furnish neat engraved I white marble slabs for all unmarked graves of soldiers whose proof of j service is established. Moultrie | Chapter begs that if any one in the county knows of such a grave he or she will immediately communicate with Miss Mary McMichael, Regent of Moultrie Chapter D. A. R., giving any points either of facts or tradi tions as may be known of the party buried and the chapter will investi gate the same, and, if proven, will have a stone sent to the nearest freight depot free of charge. Mrs. Frances Fairey Dead. Mrs. Francis Fairey died Saturday at the home of her son. Mr. J. J. Fairey, near Cameron, in her 81st year. She was born near old Bethel Church, in which vicinity she re sided for a number of years. The corpse was carried through to Row esville, her old home, on Sunday morning Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist church by the Rev. A. R. Phillips, one of the largest crowds being present that has ever bee" witnessed there. The body was laid to rest in New Hope Cemetary. Mrs. Fairey was the widow of the late Samuel Fairey and a sister of Hon. Jno. D. Fairey, of Branchville, S. C. She is survived by three ch'.l dren, Dr. J. D. S. Fairey, J. J. Fair ey, of Cameron, and Mrs. Hattie Miller. Don't Blame Vs. We have tried to explain fully nbout the new ruling of the post office in regard to subscriptions. This rule applies to the richest as well as the poorest, as the United States Government is no respector of per sons. It makes no difference who you are if you do not pay up your subscription, the Government re quires us to stop the paper. So if your paper is stopped do not blame us, as we have no discretion in the matter whatever, but must obey the law. Painful Accident. Nat Carrol, a lad about sixteeu years of age. accidentally shot him self in the arm on Monday afternoon while fooling with n gun. He Is now at the home of his sister. Mrs. Zeig ler, on Lowman Street, and getting along about as well as could be ex pected. A Fair Visitor. Miss Hibernla Counts, of Bam bery, is the guest of Miss Fulalee Slater at her home in tri city. Mis* Counts will be in the city for several days. MAYOR f . b?T. GEORGES. Mr. E. B. Williams, Formerly of This City Wins Easily. In the St. Georges municipal elec tion which took place last Tuesday, Air. B. B. Williams, formerly of Or angeburg, but now a resident of St. Georges, was elected by a handsome majority. With three tickets in the Seid, there was great interest mani fested, and the vote cast was the lar gest ever polled in ;i town election. Messrs. E. B. Williams, .R Urn Weeks and P. M. Judy were the can didates for the mayor's office. Messrs Jeo. F. Le?vis, V. A. Moorer, J. H. Howell, H. F. Von Lipe. E. E. Fel der and Joseph Tobish were the can didates for aldermen. E. B. Williams was elected by a large majority, und Messrs. Lewis, Von Lipc, Howell and Moorer elect ed as aldermen. All of the candi dates are mon of standing and prom inence in the community?all of them stand for Hie advancement of the best interests of the community and the town government in the hands of the gentlemen elected wil be taken care of to the best interests of the place. A PLEASANT OCCASION". _ A "Donkey Party" Given at Pleasant Hill Friday Kreiling. Mr. and Mrs. W. Jon v Salley en tertained the young people on Fri day evening. Feb. 28, in the form of a "donkey party" for the benefit of Pleasant Hill Church. Those pres ent were Misses Florence Milford, Leila Gleaton, Lena Gleaton, Blanche Gleaton, Mamie Gleaton, Annie Sal ley, May Salley and Alice Powell, Messrs David Salley, Frank Salley, Addie Sallie, Wilton Gleaton, Secil Gleaton, Duncan Dick Fanning, Robt. Lee Jumper, Rexford Salley, John A. Gleaton, Gafford Gleaton, Thomas Fogle, Earnest Tindal, Jack Living ston. Colie Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gleaton, Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Salley and and Mrs. Anna Gleaton. First in the line of amusement was pinning the tail on the donkey. Mr. Duncan won the prize. Cutting a cake which contained a ring, dime, thimble and button. Mr. Addie Sal ley was doomed to walk the path of life alone in cutting the cuke. Mr. Quitman Corbett got the ring, which indicated the first to be wed ded. Then came the fishing in which they caught chewing gum, pencils, etc. Mr. David Salley caucht a pair of little shoes for wnich he has no use. Quite a neat little sum was realized and at half-past eleven o'clock the crowd returned home, af ter a few hours of merry laughter and sport. Bill. A Pleasant Evening. On last Friday evening Miss Ruth Thomas, entertained her many friends royally from live o-clock until ten. many games were played. The music was beautiful, being rendered by the girls present. At eight o'clock all were invited into the spacious dining hall, where an elegant lun cheon was served. Those present pere Misses Ida Pearl Oliver, Annie Laurie Thomas, May Kittrell, Annie Peterman, Ella Boitin, Bessie Boitin and El ma Thomas. Messrs. J. A. Cope of Greenville, W. O. Tatum, Jr., Sydney . Kittrell, George Kittrell. Parker Henery, Rhett Peterman, and Charlie Henery. The afternoon was very much enjoyed by those pre sent. The party was in honor of .Miss Ruth's sixteenth birthday, and she received many handsome gifts. One Present. Died From Heart Disease. A colored woman, Senora Salley, wife of Henry Salley, fell as she was walking from Jerusalem Church on last Sunday morning. She was un conscious when friends reached her, but revived when she reached home, it did not last, however, as she had another attack and died Monday night. It is supposed she died from heart disease. Must Plough Deep. Dry summer usually follows a wot winter. If this rule holds good this year, the farmer who does not pre pare, his lands for a dry season will get left. Preparation of lands by deep plowing not only prepares the land for drought, but it also makes the best preparation to stand heavy rains of long wet spells. Lecture ut Geri/.en Church. Rev. J. W. Neeley will lecture at Gerizin Church, near Vances. Wed nesday evening, next, at six o'clock, in connection with the above the lades will serve oysters and other re frshments for the benefit of the El loree parsonage. Everybody is in vited. To Open Millinery Parlors. Mrs. A. C. Lindsteadt is now at the North selecting suitable spring milinery creations preparatory to opening a millinery parlor in this city. Mrs. Lindsteadl was up until the big fire connected with the es tablishment of J. C. Pike & Co. She will, however, hereafter, conduct a milinery business of her own. and occupy the second floor of the build ling formerly occupied by J. C. Pike & Co. She will lie ready for the spring trade. A Serious Charge. Fletcher Hutto has been arrested jand lodged in jail on a serious [charge. He is charged by Mrs. John O. Kobinsou with coming to her house on last Saturday night and, after breaking in, attempted an as altau r>:e f- (...cha 1. illH OlW kke ::wtw isr-,f> roP'" awn herl?iitB,c r.auit on her. Huto is said to have been drunk. All the parties are res idents of the Fork. Will Preach at Nixville. Rev. W. H. Dowling will preach at Nixville Church on Sunday next and every rffcond and fourth Sundays in each month. FORMED A COMBINE. Paper Manufacturers of Three States Merge. Mr. Bidder Exposes Double Dealing of Republican Congressional Com mittee. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. Newspaper owners in the United j States were interested the other day in the news from Appleton, Wis.. that a meeting had been held there of the print paper manufacturers of Wiscon sin, Minnesota and Michigan for the j purpose of forming a merger of their plants. There used to be a trust be tween the paper mills; then there was a gentlemen's agreement; now it is to be a merger. By whatever name It may be described the purposes are the same?the restrictiou of product, the lessening of labor cost and the increase of prices lo the consumer. The action of the paper manufactur ers of these three states is of interest to the owner of a newspaper, for It will increase his expenses and decrease his profits; to the newspaper worker in whatever department, for it will re duce wages and lessen opportunities for employment; to the newspaper I reader, for already the exactions of the paper trust are forcing up the prices of newspapers al! over the United States. Nor is it only to metropolitan newspapers that these considerations apply. The country paper will suiter just as much In proportion and per haps more from the trust as will the great city paper. There is a Washington end to this story of the paper trust. I picked up the other day the official text book Is sued by the Republican congressional committee in 190U. It happened that a complaint which came to me simulta neously from two newspapers about the heavy additional expense to which they had been put by the paper trust led me to wonder what the politics of the matter could be. And I read this in the campaign book concerning what the Republican party had done for the destruction of that trust. It referred to a case brought against the General Paper company four years ago. This is what it said: The supreme court overruled the de fendants' contentions. Tin's decision practically disposed of the paper trust's defense, for there was none on the merits, and It submitted without further pro ceedings. The trust is now dissolved, the benefits of free competition are being re ceived, and It la reported on reliable au thority that news print and fiber paper is now beinp supplied to the consumer at the substantial reduction of 30 per cent. If all or the "facts" set forth in the Republican campaign Iwok are of this sort, that work must have been edited by the famous Baron Milliehausen. As a newspaper publisher who has seen his paper bills go up ."0 per cent re marked to me after reading that para graph. "They ought to have followed the example of Artemus Ward and printed at the end of it, 'X. B.?This Is wrote sarkastieul.'" Publishers Versus Politicians. Perhaps the best answer to this ridic ulous claim of the Republican congres sional committee is made in a bulletin issued by Mr. Herman Bidder, presi dent of the American Newspaper Pub lishers' association and editor of the New Yorker Staats-Zeltung. Mr. Bid der does not find that the paper trust has been demolished, nor does he re port that the price of print paper is reduced. The latter statement will not come with a shock of surprise to pub lishers who are paying for paper at the prices now ruling. In brief, Mr. Bidder says: "The effort to maintain excessive news print prices is contin ued in the face of considerable de clines in the prices of raw materials. The programme thus far indicated pro vides for running on part time and for adherence to combination prices upon the calculation that the savings In lower cost of raw materials will offset the losses due to running the mills on part time. Thousands of paper makers have been thrown out of employment while this schein" of embarrassed or| sickly operation or Complete suspen sion is carried out." There are twelve bills of various, kinds introduced by different states-) men intended to strike at the paper j trust by abolishing the t;..-iiT on wood pulp or on paper. All are sleeping In committee. Every one meets the open or the covert opposition of the Repub lican forces In the house. The claim Is ! made that free wood pulp would not' correct the evil, but that the evil Is due' to a trust. That puts the Republican 1 party on this particular issue up I against this dilemma: First, if tin? blghi price of paper is due to a trust, why is this "trust busting" administration un able to destroy the trust V Second, If the trust is due to the protection of its i product through the tariff, why does this antitrust administration object to, the material reduction or possibly the| complete abolition of that particular tariff tax? Newspaper publishers could not do better than to press these questions UpOU the attention of their senators and representatives In congress. The Promise of a Third Party. One of the humors of American poll ties Is that, no matter how many elect-; oral tickets there may be in the field, every one except the Republican or the Democratic ticket is described as the third party. Nobody ever heard of the fourth or flfth or sixth party. Always it is the third, though at times there have been as many as nine in the Held. William R. Hearst, through his Inde pendence league, promises another! third party in the campaign of the com-j lug fall. On Washington's birthday Mr. Hearst held a conference with many of his supporters In Chicago and was by them authorized to call a convention "after the Republican and Democratic conventions" for the purpose of put ting forth a declaration of principles and nominating a presidential ticket. One feature of this action Is pigiii.'i eant. Not 'ong ago the announced pur pose of the Independence league was to put Its ticket in the field before the convention of either old party. Anotl t significant thing was that in his ad dress to his confreres Mr. Hearst re frained fron any attack upon the Dem ocratlc r ?" j'. crufiulng himseif to the statem"- that nobody could toll what that party might Ho Until its conven tion had acted. In brief, an observer might be justified in guessing that tue Independence league was really wait ing to see whether the reactionaries would control either or both of the old parties and that its position would he taken in accordance with the facts thus discovered. In a long letter printed in bis New York American of Jan. 12 Mr. Hearst set forth the platform which he would urge upon the Independence league. Even a synopsis of this platform would be impossible in a letter of this length, yet It may be said with the ut most confidence that there are only two suggestions made by him. two rec ommendations for which he stands, that might not win place in a Demo cratic platform. He declares for a ship subsidy, one of the issues on which Democrats are a unit in opposition to the Republican policy. And he ap proves, though, it is true, with a certain hesitation and some apology, of the Is suance of money altogether through the national banks and not by the gov ernment direct. There may be omis sions from his platform of Democratic ideas, but these propositions seem to me the only ones that would not find favor in a Democratic committee on resolutions. This being the case, if the purpose of the leader of the Independ ence league is to press principles rather than men it seems probable that he will find his vital principles in the plutform to be adopted at Denver next July. Politics Afloat and Ashore. Some little idea of what a subsidized merchant marine might mean may be derived from the storm now raging In the capitol, the navy department and in the press over certain charges made by Congressman Lilley of Connecticut concerning undue influence exerted by shipbuilders and particularly by build ers of submarine boats over members of congress, navy officers and repre sentatives of the press. Everybody in Washington?that is. everybody who mixes in congressional or department circles?knows that the hungriest seekers for congressional fa vors are the men who are here preach ing the greatness of the United States as a nation and urging that they be permitted to build the torpedo boats or the submarines that shall defend its high standing. When a battleship costs $10,000.000 and the administration asks that four should be built, it makes very pretty pickings for the men who are hunting the contract, particularly as outside of the government yards, which it has been the policy of this adminis tration to discredit, there are only three shipyards capable of building vessels of this class. The industry of building submarines is still in its In fancy. Navy people call them the fly ing fish of the sea -now on the surface, now plunging below. The people who represent (he builders of submarines have another quality in common with flying lish. They travel in schools. They uro buttonholing members of the naval committee at every point. Indeed, one member of that committee said to me that the tunnel, not yet quite com pleted, which enabled a representative to go from his office in the new build ing to (lie house without seeing any body who was awaiting him at any doorway was to him a better source of safety than the disappearance of the submarine boat beneath tlv water was to Its crew. Be that as it may, tlu scandal In which Ihe names of some *ary distin guished Republicans are meitioned Is likely to be aired very shortly. But the whole inside truth, the real story of the extravagance and possibly worse, In the navy department will never be known unless the American people select an administration which shall have no interest in covering up what has been done in that department for twelve and more years past. Democratic Conventions. The Democratic state conventions so far held have shown a gratifying una nimity of purpose relating to national affairs. Wisconsin has instructed its delegates for Mr. Bryan; so, too, has Kansas; also Oklahoma. The really notable fact about the conventions in these states was not so much the in structions as the fact that not In eight years has the attendance upon the con ventions been so large and so en thusiastic. In every state which has thus met in convention the tone of the Democracy seemed to be that of en thusiasm and confidence. If certain New York newspapers preach about di visions In the party, they might cor rect their views if they would take the pains to send a correspondeni: to al most any Democratic state convention held in stales where the people still re tain their right to meet and elect dele gates without the intervention of poli ticians, either of the vulgar or of the Wall street sort. What the New York convention may do any one who knows New York politics can guess. The state is likely to be represented at Den ver iu such a way that 11 will be with out influence and subject to the sus picion of being open to barter and sale. If New Yorkers like this sort of Demo cratic representation, they may be sure that this is the kind of Democratic rep resentation they are going to get. Washington. D. C. Superintendent of Kdueai ion. Mr. E. H. Houser announces him self a candidate in this issue for Sup erintendent of Education. He has filled thi.s position before to the en tire satisfaction of the public, and if elected will do so again. Death a of Little Boy.,, Tommie Vessey, the little eleven year-old step-son of Mr. and Mrs. ii. A. Iliitler. died at his home on Wiles street Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. For over a week the little fellow suffered with Inllamation of the brain. The sympathy of a circle of friends go out to the bereaved pai on :.s. Returned from Atlanta. Miss Minnie Godfrey, of the firm of S. K. & M. Godfrey, of Elloree, returned from Atlanta on last Satur day from Atlanta, where she had gone to purchase her spring stock. Magazines at Lowest Rates. Anyone wishing to subscribe to any magazines can get them cheap' r through the Orr'ngeburg Subscription Agency than through the publishes. Orders can be left at the Book Store. DISTEMPER IN DOGS. How to Detect and Cure This Dreaded Malady. Distemper, one of the most dreaded among dog illnesses, is an affection which is microblao in its nature and Is susceptible of affecting the greater part of the organs. It is therefore ex tremely variable in its manifestations, says the New York Herald. Should it take the form of gastroin testinal catarrh it then offers as symp toms vomitiug and diarrhea, with a general feverish state, characterized by a profound depression, a wretched ap pearance of the face, which the state of the eyes, filled with a thick mu cous pus. only teuds to make worse. lu this case ice must be given in small fragments to stop the vomiting, and the diarrhea must be combated by a potion with a basis of salie.vlate of bismuth ami sirup of ratauhia. It is well also to feed the sick dog exclu sively with boiled milk to which has been added some vichy water. If the suffering animal coughs and ejects from the nostrils a thick liquid Which forms crusts when dry. these signs prove that it is the respiratory tract which is attacked. It is well then to ghe fumigations with mallow and elder flowers and eucalyptus leaves and a vomitive of sirup of ipecacuan ha. If iu spite of this treatment the cough does not give way. recourse must be had to calming potions of sirup of poppies or belladonna and to bromide of potassium. Should the animal show labial puu iug?that Is to say. sho:1!'1 ring the expiration his cheeks and u... ,!p.* swell ?the lungs are then affected b.t ''v inflammation: it is a case of purum ? Dia. Mustard plasters must then placed under the chest and on each side of the thorax, and a portion of tincture of digitalis must be given The food must consist of substauce.> easy of digestion?milk, meat broth, cream, yolks of eggs, meat juice. Should the general condition call for it. it will be well to give hot grogs made with old cognac or rum. When the nervous system is affected the manifestations are most serious. They are characterized by "cerebral or medullary meningitis." which fre quently ends in paralysis. The spinal column and the back of the neck must be rubbed with an ointment contain ing antimony, and an energetic revul sion iu the intestine must be brought about by a strong purge, in the event of serious convulsions and of Intense pains characterized by whining and howliug morphine may be adminis tered. The form of the disease least to be feared is that which shows itself on those parts of the skin which are hair less by an eruption similar to human smallpox. This eruption must be .al lowed to follow its course, and should the itching become too irritating a lukewarm veijy weak solution of per manganate of potash should be used as a lotion. This should be followed by powdering with a mixture of talc, starch and potato starch. Should the animal recover it must be put on a severe diet during its con valescence anil allowed to eat only I gradually. A specialist recommends a j potiou a teaspoonful of which Is to be given during the acute period of the disease. The formula is as follows: Grams. Sallcylate of bismuth. 5 Extract of kola. S Sirup of ratauhia. SO Paregoric elixir. 2 Water . CO Then during convalescence he rec ommends the following mixture to be given in doses of from two to four ta blespoonfuls daily: Dry peptones. 10 grams Tincture of cinnamon. 5 grams Tincture of nux vomlca. 21 drops Kola wine. 200 grams How to Make Slips For Waists. Slips to keep fancy and dressj waists i free from dust when haugiug In the I closet may be made of cambric or : some other cheap material. They are j .aade of two oblong pieces of mate I rial sewed together in exactly the same I manner as a pillowslip is made. It i does not need to be as large as a pil j lowslip, but it must be plenty large I enough, so that it does not crease the j waist. On one side of the opening at i (be top sew two buttons, each one six j or eight Inches from the ends. On the opposite side In corresponding places ! work buttonholes. Place the waist I over a hanger and draw the slip up I over it. then buttou at the top, and j you will have a hue protector for your waist. Slips for skirts may be made In the same manner, making them lots longer, of course. How to Cut Glass. Any hard steel tool will cut glass with great facility when freely wet with camphor dissolved iu turpentine. A drill may be used or even the hand j alcue. A hole bored may be easily en i Iarged ' y a round lile. The ragged ! edges of glass vessels may also be easily smoothed thus with a flat file, j Window glass may be readily sawed ; with a watch spring saw by aid of j this solution. How to Replace Kettle Knobs. Replace the knobs of cooking utensils In this way: Put u screw through from the inside, letting it come up close and tight, threading a cork, according to the size of the screw, on the outside. The screw will not loosen, and the cork will not get hot: therefore they are bet ter than the original wooden knobs. How to Keep Your Pocketbook. To prevent losing your pocketbook while shopping tie a ribbon or cord tc handle of purse and fasten inside of jacket sleeve with a safety pin. Your purse cannot then be slipped off your arm without your knowledge nor left on the counter, as is the case in many instances. i. Visiting Her Old Home. Mrs. . D. Ackerman, of Cottage ville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L. Sims. Mrs. Ackerman, who used to live in this city in her girlhood days, is accompanied by her little daughter, Hlbernla. Burnt in Effigy. E. W. Lillard, a so-called Demo cratic member of the Kentucky Leg islature who voted from Bradley j against Beckham, was burned in ef |figy at Danville last Saturday night. CIVIC UPLIFT HINTS. ow Any Community Can De Made Beautifui. Railroads Should Erect Attractive Stations, as They Are the Doors to a Town. America ^has long been the couutry of the boom town. The unloveliuess of our public buildings and of our pub lic highways has been a natioual re proach. But with the quieting down of this feverish boom spirit come both the time aud the energy for transform ing our ugliness. Unbeautiful America is no more. These are the days when the trend of the whole world is toward betterment. It is not only in the powerful, over crowded cities that men and women enter into a serious discussion of civ ics and follow these discussions with earnest efforts to improve their sur roundings. Every thriving town, each peaceful village, the prairie settlement, the mountain hamlet and the rural district have men and women who are imbued with a strong civic feellug, says a writer in the Delineator. Near ly every city and town, whether of the eastern coast, the far west, to the north or on the gulf, has its clubs, so cieties and organizations the sole ob ject of which is to encourage the mem bers tc make the municipality of which each Is a factor a healthier, pleasantcr and more beautiful spot. Nor is it always with a selfish mo tive that these improvements are be gun. The organizers of them frequent ly cannot hope to benefit by their la bors, often not live to see even the buddintr fruit that their efforts are !n tendfed to bring forth, but there are men?business' and professional men, farmers and mechanics?with sonls so big that they are williug to give their time and their' wealth In order that those who come after them may reap what they have sown. The men of this broad country, how over, arc not the only ones. Women are lending a hand to civic uplift In fact, in most sections they are doing more than the men. At their clubs we find them earnestly discussing the smoke nuisance or street cleaning or tenement house laws. They are learn ing that it is Important that the eye he greeted by pleasant sights, that it Is uot enough that the interior of their houses be beautiful, that the out of doors beyond the garden should be at tractive as well. When a church Is architecturally fine it gives each passerby a spiritual up lift. An office building, a residence or a bridge spanning a river, if It Is fine In outline, form and workmanship, aids in bringing out the good that Is within us all. A lavish expenditure of money is not necessary to make a city, town or village beautiful. Structures extravagant in ornamentation and dec oration do not always do it. A build I Ing devoted to business purposes does not need to be erected twenty stories in the air to be a splendid representa tion of architectural skill. A dwelling house may be Inexpensive In cost con structed merely of wood, but if the de sign after which the house Is built i3 one that fills all who see It with joy the builder has not lived in vain. The citizens should act as a unit in seeing as the years go by that their town or village is growing in beauty. When a federal, municipal or public building is to be erected they can in sist that the structure shall add to the general beauty of the town. Pride is an excellent characteristic if used for the betterment of all and is not without a usef:'l application In ev ery community. We ail more or less consciously respond to any activity that makes this earth of ours a lovelier place. As the house having a handsome por tal seems to extend a welcome, so should the door to a town always be attractive. Have you not many times judged a town by its railroad station? Dump heaps, scum covered pools of water, dingy warehouses, poorly paved streets, the back yards of Shantytown I ?how often these pictures form the i traveler's only recollection of a city or a town! '?So-aud-soV Oil. yes. I pass ! ed through there once?wretched town. fro.'u what I saw of it!" Have you not heart] this scathing judgment pro nounced scores of times? How differ ent would have been the traveler's im pressions if lie had found himself en tering the town through a well lighted viaduct and emerging into a station where blossoming plants and grass plots occupied every available bit of ground! A great many of our railroads are doing splendid work in making their stations and the grounds around them beautiful. Where the architecture of the country is distinctive in character the station is often built to conform with that style. Some raliroads main tain greenhouses and nurseries to sup ply their station parks with plants and shrubs, for, even if it is not expedi ent to build a new station, much may be done by utilizing the waste Fpa?es and the unused corners for tlower beds and green grass. The citizens of every village, town or city should insist that the road which steams its way among them should help to make it beautiful by erecting attractive structures and by beautifying their surroundings. Deafness Cannot be Cured. by local application, as they cannot reach the diseased portions of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and mat Is by constitution al remedies, ueafuess Is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eu?"tachian Tube. When this tube is Inflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed. Deaf ness Is the result, aud unless the in flammation can he taken out and this tube restored to Its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an surfaces. Wo will givp 5mo for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot he cured by Hall'i Catarrh Cure. Send for ? i.- u.'urs free. Sold by Druggists, '5c. P. J. Chenney C. C lo, 0.