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THE PRAIRIE DOG. He Is the Steel Spring of the Animal Kingdom. New York Sun. Official Prairie Dog Exterminator is the title given by the legislature of Kansas to ). E. I.antz. of Manhat tan. Kan. Mr. Iantz's duties are to devise means of killing off the mil lions of praire dogs that infest the western part of the state. Fver since western Kansas was settled the prairie dog has been a picturesque pest. He has devac:ated millions of acres of land and has been !hp ;ndirect wen:ss of killing hundreds of head of valuable live stock. He has been hunted and icalded. poisoned and conjured: but he has jlvcd merrily thro:.ai it all. a. 0 nzil tiplied at a rate that even the prolitic Belgian hare cannot equal. Finally. after two years of experiment, tl-e State Agricultural college hit i a poison which when properly and tact fully used-for the prairie dog is a keen rascal and not easily deceived is warranted to lay low the hardiest dog that ever barked.defiance to his foes. This poison is thoroughly mixed grain, but the same kind must never be used twice, else the dogs that es caped the first bait will ignore the second. A spoonful of it is put at the entrance of every hole. The unsus pecting dog, coming out to feed. finds his meal awaiting him. After guilelessly partaking of it. he hurried ly retreats to his burrow, to die alone. A dead prairie dog is never found -on top of the ground. * Mr. Lantz reports that during the past two years the state has consum .ed about i,2oo pounds of strychnine and over half a ton of potassium cyanide in manufacturing the poison. From 6oo,ooo to 7oo,ooo acres of land formerly infested with the prairie -dogs have been entirely reclaimed. while a partial destruction of them has been accomplished over a much larger area. including some of the best alfalfa ranches in the state. Only since alfalfa growing reached 'its present proportions in western Kansas has the prairie dog problem been such a grave one. Prior to that the land was hardly worth the trou ble of driving out the invaders. It is impossible even to estimate ac curately the vast number of dogs that fo rn a single town. On a ranch in Scott county owned by C. S. Gilbert. of Wichita. there is a single town which covers 350 acres. The houses average 700 to the acre. and each bouse is known to contain not less than five dogs. This would bring the total population of this single town up to something like 1.i25.ooo dogs. to say nothing of a full complement of owls and rattlesnakes. That prairie dogs, rattlesnakes and owls live together in the same holes. is well known. The assecrtilon is ot ten made that they are a happy fam ily. pursuing a peacefi live-and-let live policy. and doing co-operative house-keeping on an ideal basis. This is far from being the ease. The dogs and the owh. live in peace to gether. though the ow1 is a lazy fel low, and the do gs have tos dos all the work. But the snlakes are interlopers. hated and feared alike by owl and dog, getting their living from the off spring of their hs:s. and doing ab solutely nothing in ret:urn for thle Ia vors shown! them. Of all the inhabitants ofthese pop ulous Cities, the do s Come firSt. andl do all th.- wo~rk, digging otut the holes, heiling a !!i hssllosw comstb arond( 1he spelling to serve alike as a pro tections andi as a p sint of vanltage inl vie wing~ the remainder of the town. and later building ithe myvsteiios5 drainage system that is so complete and amazing ill its ingennity. Each hole Csonntst with these lat yral-s. which oftent underlie the. City at a depth sof from fsorty tos a huln <iredl feet. if it is necessary ts go down so far fsor water. Each bos ahs conneWcts with every other hise. so that the person wvho poustrs buCkets of water in a hole after a retreating dog, and then waits to see the dog's half-drowned reappearance. 1s p)ret tv sure to be disappointed. The dogs live on buffalo grass. For variety, the little fellows eat loco weed, which is deadly in its effect on a horse or steer, but only serves to give the prairie dog a comfortable jag. Shortly after a dog town is estab lished, the owls put in an appearance. Ther are no trees, hollow or other wise, for them to inhabit. and as they are altogether too lazy to build their own holes they simply move into the ones already prepared for them. They are harmless creatwres. though, and the dogs do not resent their ad vent. The snakes do not live in the towns in the same numbers as the dogs and owls, because these two by uniting their efforts manage to kill a good many of them. In every prairie I dog town a sealed hole is occasionally seen. Every sealed hole means that in it an unhappy rattler has threshed away his life. To corner a rattler in a hole re- I quires not a little work and ingenuity on the part of the dogs, for the snake is just as smart as they are in skur rying through underground passages, and it is only when preparation has been made beforehand, and the snake lured into some hole the underground outlet to which has been already seal ed. that he is really cornered. Then all enmity between dogs and owls is forgotten, and every town feud is buried, while all hands fall to and fill up the hole that the snake has enter ed. Relieving each other from time to time. clawing and digging, and shoving down. even narrowing the quarters of the unhappy prisoner. they finally complete the job to their satisfaction, restore the conical mound. and leave it thete as a warn ong. There are more snakes around dog towns in spring than at any other time. Baby prairie dogs may be had the year round, for four or five litters are brought forth annually, and each e litter is six or seven puppies. But the delights of owl eggs and of baby owls can be known only in the -spring, and the snake never fails to take advan- ( tage of the season. The prairie dog is the steel spring of the animal kingdom. Compared to his movements the stroke of a cat's ( paw is deliberate to the point of slow ness. At one moment he will be sitting on his haunches at the mouth of his I hole. cheerfully barking at his fel lows. The next, he will have disap peared down the hole, and you see only the flash of his unimpressive tail as he goes. When he runs it is al ways in a zig-zag course. but there is not the slightest diminution of speed on the turns. Morton Albaugh, state bank com missioner of Kansas. comes from the prairie dog end of the state, and has himself suffered from their inroads on his ranch. He insists that no legis lative action wotild be necessary to rid the country of ti.c pest if the peo ple once realized how delicious the meat of the creature is. He thinks. however. that before this state of things can be brought about the name will have to be changed to "prairie squirrel" or some thing of that sore. The wvord "dog" protects the creatture from being eat en. When Mrs. Cleveland Shops. Success. It is said in Princeton that. if Mrs. Grover Cleveland had been a man. her eqluipment for a high place would have been as substantial as that of the ex-president. Besides the breadlth o.f view. tact, and p)ersonal magnetism which have won her the rspect and affecti'on of all dwellers in the university town. she possesses~ a fa':ulty which isan invaluable asset to' a public man. She is celebrated in 'rinceto n for her remarkable memlory i m:s and faces. .\t recent afterncoon assemblage. awhich she was one of the hostesses. i zue-t. wvh. was a stranger in the :own was asked if she hadl ever met Mrs Cleve'land. -Ye-." -he answered. "we chatted oget her for a nmoment once in New Y'ork. but it was --ven or eight years ag.Sh.'a forgot ten all about me. course. andi I shall have to be in trduced again. "Oh. no. vou won't." replied her rend: "ino one ever has to be in troduced to Mrs. Cleveland twice." The latter. after greeting the Princeton wvoman, turned to the vis itor with a quick smile of recogni tion. "\\'hy. Mrs. -." she exclaimed. hesitating not an instant for the name. "I am very glad to see you! Bter New York women don't come to visit us often. You musn't forget to call on me." It is possible to move in political circle anel still be square, ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL? Bright's Disease. Diabetes, Rheum ism, Gout. Gravel. Dropsy, Inflam nation of the Bladder, Bad Blood and Cervous Troubles caused by Sick Zidneys. Mayes Pharmacy. the well known [ruggist of Newberry. knows by ex >erience that HINDIPO will cure all orms of Kidney and Nervous Troub es. and will guarrantee it in all cases. Can't you afford to try it at their isk? it costs you nothing if it don't to the work. Sent by mail to any address, pre )aid. on receipt of 5o cents. 6 boxes 'or $2.50 under a positive guarrantee. qOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE. Take notice that I will make a inal settlement on the estate of D. L. Boozer. deceased. in the Probate Court for Newberry county, on Mon iay. August 1. 1904, and immediately hereafter apply to said Court for a lischarge as administrator of said es :ate. All creditors of said estate are here >y notified to present their demands Lgainst said estate, properly attested >n or before said date, and all parties )wing said estate must make settle nent with the undersigned at once. D. L. Boozer, Administrator. STAT233ENAT. Of the condition of The Commercial 3ank of Newberry, S. C., at the close f business June30, 1904. Published ac ording to an Act of General Assembly. RESOURCES. Zotes discounted ............... $302,210 73 'urniture and fixtures....... 3,051 93 )ue from banks. ......... ..... 4,525 58 )verdrafts ........................ 4 823 09 lash and cash items............ 10,935 65 $325,546 98 LIABILITIES. .apital stock. .. .. ............ $ 50,000 00 ndividual deposits ............ 174,334 90 )ividends unpaid............... 2,43750 Lecrued interest................ 1,279 35 Expense, Due July 1st, ..... 1,233 34 )Me banks......................... 3,347 00 >rofits............................... 27,914 89 tediscounted.................. .. 65,000 00 $325,546 98 Personally appeared before me Z. F. Vright, Cashier of the above named >ank, who swears that the above state nent is correct to the best of his knowl dge and belief. Z. F. Wright, Ca-hier. Sworn to before me this6th day of July .904. J. Y. McFall, Notary Public. Lttest: 0. B. Mayer, Jno. M. Kinard, I Directors. L. W. Floyd, Everybody Able to CLIMB 10OCts. O.'ill buy either of the below men tioned articles. Tw~o pounds of Good Rice. One pound of Good Parched Coffee. Two boxes of Potted Ham. Three pounds of Best Flour. Two dozen Fruit Jar Rubbers. Two yards of 4- Bleaching. Four pounds of A. IH. Soda. One box of Good Salmon. 1plug of Good Chewing Tobacco. sorth 13 cents. Two packages of Fine Tea. One box Pineapple. Lots and lots of other things tO Come and See Us 0. KIeliner. .Hair& - : Every article in the I * order to repair Store + sell everything Low Do Black Dresc If you want a skirt cor + buy it for less and get li . Lot Ladies and children's sand: - Oral and flat top Pearl Buttoi " Satin Taffeta Ribbon worth 2 No. 80, Taffeta in white and * 20c. yd., at 10c. yd. . " White India Linen, worth 12 "Silk Mulls, white and black, w( " Swiss Embroide'ies worth 10 " Lot White Checked Dimity a S1I yds. best Lonsdale Cambric HAIR &H The Right Pri< RUBBER STAMPS , Are my long suit. 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