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I PIjANTAW weed seed. When Laying clover seed it is al ways Lest to use a microscope to detect weed seeds that of late years have be come very plentifnl in clover. No one of these weeds is worse than the plan tain, or sheep's tongue, as it used to be called from its long, narrow leaves. It has innumerable small, black seed, much smaller than clover seed. When land is once seeded wah the plantain it is almost impossible to get rid of it as tha seed* remain in the ground for years, only germinating when the plow brings successive *tr*. a of **>ei £ soil to the surface. Ji cattle will eat less nutritious a other grasses, and ferior to clover. pl&ntanu, thv of tep aid St M taaa iiaca, .a- •s.o rnjc. FEATHEE Ear Feather eating is a » .<js r*£utr ua’. a disease. Like aiJ ha « v.Ur laminates all within jv ;ea«.n. «v vnw. a fowl is noticed 4o.-_g tut vuv*eai thing, the sarett vtr vj sio-, -..n- effects of this had eratnpie is to use the hatchet and put the offemcU* xh the pot. If a valuable bird h may be broken of the habit by the use vt a britiit which can be bought ioi a lew oeult. A remedy recommended bv aomt is this: Make an ointment \A sulphur, kerosene, lard and carbolic arad. Anoint that part of the p’-ttuai'e tnut is being palled out, and the offender, not relishing this “sance,” mar soon atop its offence. One ponltryman fed his stock feath ers and they soon got disgusted with such fare and behaved themselves. It is very seldom a busy flock has any feather eaters in it, ’especially if they are furnished fresh meat or green bone. It is idleness that begets the eviL Keep the flock scratching, hustling.— Farm, Field and Fireside. Moistnro favors its germination and development. The younger and newer spores germinate quicker than older ones. Some very remarkable results of these experiments with smut were that it was almost impossible to spread the smut artificially, and the weakliest, puniest stalks were least liable to be attacked by it. Very few of the corn plants upon which the smut spores were sprinkled were attacked, and no etnuted, weak stalks were found any where, attacked by smut. It was noticed that smut was most abundant in dry seasons. It was found that soaking seed corn ss fungilcides does no good though tr-atment prevents smut in wheat +Al o*U. Tke only recommended remedy is tc and barn the smutted plants. i torghnm head smut was also found, wiacs. attacked com as well, and i* '-scaur some damage.—Wisconsin Agri- cw&Biitf. tsbjeet POCLTRY-HOUSE FLOOR. of floors for poultry- oe-a discussed more than other point about poultrj PLANTING APPLE ORCHARDS. How far apart should apple trees be planted? The small, thin, whiplike „ trees with a few roots attached look And pounded ill* £8; liOUoet DM bimutfi ary uuiiuinga. Tne best authorities arc MME y agreed that earth is the be-s*. boor that can be made if it is proper r preps red. The reason for Uiu it ui*: earth is ia the first place a 4rDiio duuufeetact and deodorizer, and iur tint reason adapted to this pur- poe-. an: in me second place, such a tour etii be renewed at only the cost Ui» -latiur used in replacing it. The DeBi fioic is ms.e of hard-packed clay, ooTfired wnt two inches of loose gar den mould. The iani on which the poultry- Loase staLds snouid be drained in such liiAXEtr as to carry off surplus moisture readiiy and prevent flooding by the hardest rams. This can best be ac- eomph&hed by filling in until the flooi of the pouitry-bouse is six inches higher than the surrounding surface. The filling should be clay, if it can be got, and in any event it should be down very lonesome when set at the proper distance apart. It requires strong im agination and some faith to see these in the future, spreading fifteen to eighteen feet on either side, and with branches that interlock each other. Yet they will snrely do it if not placed forty feet apart. And on good ground that, for the spreading varieties, like ^plreehing and Baldwin, is none too near. The Northern Spy apple grows more upright, and that may be plant ed thirty feet apart, partly to crowd the roots and indace earlier bearing. Bat even with the Northern Spy we should prefer to have the trees planted forty feet apart, and then plant in be tween the rows peach trees or dwarf pear trees to prodace a crop until the apple trees come into bearing. No kind of apple so much needs sunlight as does the Northern Spy. But this can be best seenred by pruning out the inside branches of the tree and letting sunlight to the centre. The Northern Spy apples that grow on these inside branches are small, color less and poor in flavor. The fruit at best needs a long season to ripen, and should have all the sunlight that can be given it.—Boston Cultivator. HOW ENSILAGE IS SETT. The question whether it is abso lutely necessary to get all the air out from among ensilage when packing it, so as to insure its keeping, must be answered in the negative. It is true that the air is mostly expelled from fruit by boiling in the cans before they are sealed. But even then we do not get all the air out, as we can con tinue to boil, and air would still rise to the surface. What we really do is to greatly let sen the amount of air in the can, but leaving some, which, as the can is nearly filled with fruit and jnice, will be found at the top. This air will cause some of the jnices at the surface to decompose, generating car bonic acid gas, and forming a thick white scam over the fruit in the can, which excludes air from the fruit, and thns preserves it. This is exactly what happens in the silo. The gener ation of carbonic acid gas, as soon as it goes far enough, stops farther fer mentation, provided air from below does not get at the silage. There will always be some rotten silage at the top, which has to be thrown away. But for this reason the top of the silo should be finished with straw or coarse staff that has little nutritive value. If this is done all the valuable silage may be saved. If not the top layer will be wasted just as it is in the frmt can.—American Cultivator. CORN SHOT. In an exhaustive treafise on corn smnt the Kansas Experiment Station claims that the annual loss to the farmers is as high in some instances as one-fonrth of the crop. It also states that smut is a low order of plant life which fastens itself upon the corn and lives upon it as mites or fleas live upon animals, exhausting its strength and vitality- The black, pow dery mass formed in the later stages of its development are the seed spores. In the study of smut, the station authorities have, in three years, ex amined over 200,000 stalks in more than 500 fields. These examinations showed that smnt does not appear till the plant is one or two months old, and first attacks the blades,later the joints, then the tassels, and later the ears. firmly and allowed to dry before being put to use. Then .lover with two inches of garden soil or dnst as dry ae is convenient. As soon as there ii any foul odor about the house this coat of loose soil should be removed and a new one put in. In the summer months this must be done abont twice a month, but in the winter a longer time may elapse, provided the soil it raked over and the droppings mixed in once a week. The soil that is taken oat is one of the best fertilizers about the farm and may be used on garden crops with great benefit. The objection to a board floor is that it becomes saturated with the drop pings, and not only offensive, bnt dan gerous as as breeder of disease, i board floor is a good breeding place for vermin, while one on earth acts a< a preventive in a great measure, the dust arising from the floor acting os an insecticide.—Farmer’s Voice. A a Old Alligator Terrapta, Some of the antiquities of this conn- | try which find their way into museums are rivaled iu age by a living creature I at the Zoo. It ia an alligator terrapin, 1 or Mlmiasippl snapper, whoae 150 pounds of substance have been accumu lated in a lifetime of five centuries or more. At least, that is what the sci entists calculate, and they say that there is no reason to doubt that It was paddling around aa a little turtle In the Mississippi when Oe Soto first gazed nnan that river. Every man elected to the Legislators seems to go in for reform for the peo ple, and a good time for himself. BERRY BULLETIN. The growing of a berry calls into action some of the most wonderful law- of nature. In the growth of plants we find these laws in perfection. We also find in various forms a complete supply of every element required for the de velopment of both plant and fruit. Nature gives us all these products without stint. She simply asks in re turn that we assist her in some of the smaller details of the work. She asks that the soil be made rich and well prepared. That the plant bo of good quality aud carefully set out. That frequent hoeing and cultivation be given.’ That plants be protected from winter frosts and summer drought. That no insect pest or fungous disease find nn abiding place with them. That you treat them as a friend and love them as a brother. Both pleasure and profit comes in greatest measure from closest atten tion to all these details. Nature furnishes almost every good with a prodigal hand, bnt she is a niggard to him who will not work in her ways. You cannot cheat her in farm or garden. You cannot get some thing for nothing. These are days of progress. Every line of business must advance with the time or drop to the rear. The farmer has been the laggard. The safest, the surest, the most an cient and the most honorable business on earth should be in the most pro gressive ranks. An army of best newspapers are sta tioned all along the agricultural high way, to guard us from error and direct us to success. We cannot afford to be without them. Head them! Study them. Experiment in a moderate way, give extra preparation and cultivation to certain tracts, aud mark resub - »s compared with ordinary tillage. Ob serve results of similar experiments on yonr neighbor’s farm. Compare notes with him and reason together. Extend like experiments to the seeds you sow, the stock you grow and trees, plants and shruby yon set Such experiments are almost sore to lead to more careful selection of seed, stock and plants, to a more thorough cnltivation of the soil and better re sults every way from farm, frnit and garden.—M. A. Thayer, of Wisconsin. Morocco’s Saltan has engaged an Aberdeen man to play the bagpipes at his coart. A Ked Handed Murderer. Tetterlne kills the term* of Tetter, E- irma, N-ilt Rheum, Klnfwonn end other skin diseases. Most of these are i-aueed by the existence of Inflnlteslmml eniimalculse. Tetterlne murders them at once and sto]>e the agonising Itch, then It soothes and heals the skin. At drug stores, or by mall for &0 cents In stamps. J. T. Nhuptrlne, Savannah, Us. . Poor Killing. ' — ‘ It Is usual to compare the battles of the last ceutury with the battles of to day. and to dilate upon the greater deadlines* of the modern weapons and the modem results. But the facts are til the other way. At Fontenoy, for Instance, one volley of the Coldstreams (truck down 450 Frenchmen of the Regiment du Rol. Again, at the same battle, the Gardes du Corps had not much short of 500 saddles emptied by a single volley, while the French Guards were scattered by a point-blank volley from a British regiment at twen ty paces that brought down 450 men. Here we have at Krugersdorp thou sands of Boers in cover shooting for hours on two days at GOO Englishmen In the open, and killing very few com pared to the hundreds who dropped at one volley from the Coldstreams at Fontenoy. The fact Is that modern fighting tends more and more to become a game of long bowls. This was the cause of the small execution done at Krugers- dorp. On the other hand, our fore fathers at Fontenoy and elsewhere held their fire till they were within twenty or thirty paces, and the officers passed their canes along the muftket barrels to make sure they were not aimsd too high before the volley was delivered. Moreover, the men were formed In solid column or square, aud srery shot told. It looks as If the great er range of the rifle would be followed by dess loss of men, and certainly the rapidity of the discharge of the maga- elne rifle tends to encourage wild and careless shooting, and Is against cool and accurate workmanship.—Saturday Review. Jnst tryaUV. box of Casrarets, the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lung trouble of three years' standing.—E. Cadt, Huntington, Ind., Nov. 12, ISM. mpson A Co n Druggists, Oouders- port. Pa., say Halt's Catarrh Cure ts the best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold. Druggists sell it, 72c. When bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret, candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c„ SSo. 7 ' Eaaentlala to • Husband. •There are six necessities, you know, for a happy marriage.” “What are they?" “First, a good husband." , “And the others?” ! ‘The other five are money.’’—La Carl- eatura. f . ' Nerve. Charming.Miss (to gentleman who Is about to share seat with her)—I beg pardon, sir, but this seat is engaged. Gentleman (with admiring glanee>— Indeed! Then It Is certainly entitled to my envy.—Boston Courier. The eleventh census, begun In 1890 and scarcely completed yet. cost the Government about $12,000,000. Pfo-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bao regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Saves money, makes health and manhood. Cure guaranteed. 60 cents and $1.00 at all druggists. A National Union of Railroad Agents has been organized. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething, sbfteus the gums, reducing Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 26c.a bottle. Fits permanently cured. No tits or nervous ness after itrst day's nse of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. R. H. Kline. Ltd.. W1 Arch St..PhiU..Pa. Cascarftb stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10o. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Kye-water.Druggists sell atS&c.per bottle' Impure Blood “I have found Hood's Sarsaparilla an ex cellent medicine. My little girl was afflicted with eczema for seven years and took many kindsof medicine without relief. After taking a few bottkes of Hood’s Sarsaparilla shs was cured.” Mbs. Ekxa Franklin. Honeoye, New York. Get only Hood's because Hood’s 5 "”',. Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills are the best after-dinner pills, aid digestion. 2k. HAY PRESSES! IMPROVED HUNTER FULL CIRCLE "AH Steel’’ and Wooden (steel lined) shipped on trial ’ . FULLY GUARANTEED. 'ATALOGUE AND PRICES. M. B. I.FWDS ' to reliable part lee. FULLY tW WRITE FOR C, m. B. LEW US Leaser, ,HOPI> Qheer California BotL The oil resource* of California are be ing carefully investigated by the State Mining Bureau, which looks for a great development some day of the oil Indus try along the slopes of the coast range from Ban Francisco southward almost to the Mexican border line. The recent •xtensive explorations mado In the southern part of the State by W. I* Watts of the Mining Bureau formed the subject of an Interesting popular lecture given recently before the Acad emy of Science. The discourse was made additionally entertaining by a etercoptlcou display of views of the oil wells, bituminous deposits and petiviemn-bearing regions visited by the lecturer. One of the views showed an apphaH- um flow In which were sticks and stones and bones of animals. Sonn*- tlme.s, the lecturer explained, cattle lie down in the aspbaltiun when It Is warm; they never get up again. At oth er timee, on warm days, cows attempt to walk throngn the soft, black stuff, but they stay In It until they are res cued or until they die.—San Francisco Call. / vV/ irr//<//'' OPKN SI MMKK AND WINTKK. Advantago* im>i extH'lk-d In Amrrlc-a. Cool mud Hen* bii.1 gran,) m.mntiiln «, enerr. Tuition Ain t*r nouin or xohnlar^hti) $iti. u»*ni «io per month Uw-.t;, lUllroad rules M M. l.KMMoNO, Pats Asheville, N. C. THE THOMAS Is the most complete system of F.levat. ing. Bundling. Cleaning and Packing Cotton. Improves staple, saves labor, makt>s you money. Write for Cata logues; no other equals It. I HANDLE HALL’S Vegetable Sicilian HAIR REN EWER Beautifies and restores Gray Hair to its original color and vitality; prevents baldness; cures itching and dandruff. A fine hair dressing. R. P. Hall A Co.. Props., Nashua, N. H. Sold hy all Druggists. at the KKK1.KY Insti The tren ment at . the Institute Is pleasant. Patients are , , not subject to nnrcisonahle restraint. It is like taking a , scat ton of tour weeks. ] . They only know they are cured. Detail-, . ed information of I his treatment, proofs (Haking and health making are included in the making of HIRES Rootbecr. The prepa ration of this great tem perance drink is an event of importance in a milliou well regulated homes. .of its sneer* and ^ mailed on application to Drawer luiubia, S. C. Keeley i ’hateehism . .7, Co- Reliable Charlotte Merchants Cell on them when you go n>Charlotte, N.O. Write them If .you do not go. and t-tT* your order* QUm l>y mall. In answering advertisements kindly men- (lon this paper. WtVJTTVP. GKH'I Work. heedonahU Prtow • ftlltMilll Write News .4 Times Pt'g Hmuie. HtBMffftBpK. M. ANDREWS, lrt-18 W.Trad# I Ul«lU(UN«Aleo Pianos, Organs A Bicyolaa. Rootbeer is full of good health. Invigorating;, appetiz ing, satisfying. Put some up to-oay aud have it ready to put down whenever thirsty. you’re Made only, by The Charles E. Hires Co., Philadelphia. A pack age makes $ gallons. Sold everywhere. irst-class BOILERS. <<IGET OUR PRICES.^ •dTCattf every day; work 180 hands. LOMBARD IKON WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. CANCER »rs rsperlenre enable* me ti,e< ii-iitifli ally treat *iol fleet daily cure 0*ocer and Tumors without the knife, an pnye book sent free. Addrees Dr. L. H. Gratiguv, lib West Seventh Street. Cincinnati, O. pUMACIDE; gM». Prior (H JW fa Tilt BOBBITT DRUG GO., RflLElGfl, N. 0. H. N. U.—19.—»7. ^>ANDY CATHARTIC CURE CONSTIPATION ALL DRUGGISTS mni.IITPT 7 nniRIVTPPn nn dayraaeof rnastipatio*. Uaacaret* are Ik* Ideal Lax*. aOJUliUlCthl UUAIIAR1 EiEiU ti*e. never fri» orffitpe.lrat rans* e*»y aataralmaita. Raw pleaad booklet free. id. KTFRMNtt KKMKDT UO.. Chitaco. Montreal, Ca*., *rVew Tnrk. tit REASONS FOR USING Walter Baker & Co.’s Breakfast Cocoa. Because it is absolutely pure. Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in which chemicals are used. Because beans of the finest quality are used. Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent a cup. Be sure that you get the genuine article made by WALTER BAKER A CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mas*. Established 17H0. aTaZNaT;? THE HOME TREATMEHT OF FEMALE DISEASES. To assist modest women, who will not submit to humiliaHng examinations, in treating themselves at home, a book has been prepared w^iich describes the symptoms * - “ of all female diseases and explains their' proper treatment. Copies of this valuable 128-page book will be Bulled to any lady on receipt of five cents by Rev. B. L. HcELBEB, St. EInia 9 Teiui. COAT or TKEATXEHTt I Bottle McEiret't Wine ot Cardal. • i Faekaft Tbodterd't Black Orasfkl, Total Cost. 11.25 Sold by all Dealers in Medicine. Hi*’ most Improved Cotton Otna, Prensea, Elevators, Engines and Boilers to bo louuii on the market. My Sergeant Log Benin Saw Mill is, in simplicity and effi ciency, a wonder. Corn Mills. Planers, tiling F.dgers and ati Wood Working Machinery. Liddell and Talbott F.n- gines arc the best Write to me before buying. V. C. BADHAM, General Agent, Columbia, 8. C. ***★****+«*********★★★**** ; THE KEELEY CURE. ; ************************** i Alii OIIOL, ? Prodnceeach a disease 7 sl OiMI’M, J having definite pathol-J ♦ TOHVCt’O * The disease \ lelds ! | s, I V <' 2 easily to the Double* J * ’ J ChlnrideofUoldTreat-2 *********** ,n e»t »' administered* * * * „ iuiuuia, r*. v, J **************A*********** Ih purely vFgffcablo, ami ji MMgnfflrent BUkkI Purlflrr. It tw*ver lulls toi’UVt’ Uheu roHttKifi. tteld by ail Urog bottle. a I JL /Is This title of our far famed City has been handed down through the ancestors of J. Me- Knlt Alexander and otters, signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The same spirit of determination that per vaded this little hand of patriots, to throw off the yoke of oppression, and proclaim light and liberty to down-trodden humanity, la fully exemplified now iu the progressive, wide-awake and up-to-date merchants, BELK BROTHERS. Who stuek their tent on this historic apot over eighteen months ago, aud with a feeling of pride to hand down to the future genera tlons, a successful business career, put forth every effort to accomplish this end. Behold today the magnitude of this venture. Cover ing a good portion of one entire block, pre senting an array of grandeur uuequalled tn either of the Caroltnas. The declaration of principles laid down by us is rqnal justice to all. Same that our forefathers promulgated on the 20th day of May, 177S, while this on*, •ettled by the force ol arms, ours by the force of dollars. One brings blood, the other takes the hide; look over the field of action and observe the wrecks caused by our “Panic Prices." Sweep ing everything like the mighty Mississippi In Its mad career recently None dare try to check the onward march of the Thousands as they wend their way to this gigantic estab lishment. The preservation of this Union is with the President of these United Ntates. George Washington, our first chief, received the support of the people and tpay William McKinley, our present ruler. govern thta grout Nation that all may l>e drawn to him. No wonder then we are the talk of the country, carrying, us we do, more shoes, dry-goods, hats, caps, gents' furnishings, ate., and employing more clerks, paying more freight, buying more goods, doing more busi ness than any two houses oonvblned. ‘‘Pay cash as w«> go." Scoop in bankrupt stocks, auction sales, railroad wrecks and so on at frequently less than 60c. on th * Dollar. W«i are the centre of attraction oft te Queen City of the South. Many thousaudi will come to see the Woman's Exposition ii May, healdee there will be other things during Hie month to draw the attention of muny.| Big celebra tion on the ‘20th lasting several days. Bar- uum A Bailey’s dhow the 12th. Homethtng new each day. do take it altogether thia will lm the biggest month In the hiatory of Char lotte. We have madeextenstva preparations for the reception of the people. Ho corns prepared to spend several days if you expeot to take in the whole lay out. Wilt have a representative to show you through our mammoth establishment and explain our system of eonductiug business. Will be a good schooling tor old aud new beginners. We are the recognized leaders in the mercan tile arena of the Queen City ^ BELK BROmRS. t EAPEST STORK ON EARTH. 15 to 21 E. Trade Stieet, II AH LOTTE, - - - 4- N. G Wherever This Paper Goes PLEASE RECEIVE IT AS A Personal - Call, Bearing a Most Cordial Invitation to —visit onr store to see the — Great Stock CLOTHING That is now placed on our connten. We have often been singled oat bj onr friendd as being the Fairest Cloth ing Dealers and as carrying the Largest Line of First-Class Goods in Charlotte. We care not whst yonr position may be: A Farmer, Mer chant. Clergyman or Mechanic, we have the goods that will please yon; and while we never quote prices, we believe we can undersell some of onr competitors who claim to sell yon Clothing “at” end “below cost.’’ Wo never sell anything at cost We make only a small and a decidedly reasona ble profit on everything we sell. -OUR LINE OF— Hats and Gents’ Furnishing Goods Is not in the least in the beck ground. This line is Fnlly ee LARGE ee can be found in the city. We take good eere of onr ont-of-town customera end invite them to come end see whet we have. We charge yon nothing to look through onr stock. 'mu & f 'KM m ON *ON •v “ lUPON OUPON \, COUPON to this of d the lio jure can iters’ ot OUM. • and Bladder six hours by •rican Kidney remedy >s a account ol iptness in re bladder, kid- y part of the male or female, j of water and dmost immedi- nt quick relief ar remedy. ^ake, Druggist, S. ImproTVmeut* patented MM in th* U. B, Canada and Salop*. ►OF—Proof against (park*, cinder*, horning brand*, ate. A heavy canva* foundation Veloh* bnt M lb*, nar MB aa. ft. whan laid rcmnlete. KA81LT APFLIBP —Jteqmrw no kettle or ether ex pan lire i UjpQXtt workman HRND FOR SAWPLKX AND DFSCKIPT1VB FA.tfPULET.