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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. Holding Glanders In Check. A few years ago veterinary surgeons thought glanders in horses could not be controlled. By slaughtering all affected animals it conld be held in check but not stamped out altogether. The discovery of mallein has put an entirely new complexion on the ques tion. With its aid any horse owner can now keep his stock free from the disease without having to kill a sin gle animal except those actually af fected. Stone Sleds For Winter Work. The ordinary stone boat has not tilt enough in front to pass through or over snow' so that it cannot readily bo used in winter. In place of it many farmers have devised what they call a snow sled, taking for the runners some stout pieces of hard wood, if possible with a natural bend in them, and sufficiently large to fasten sup ports into, which will make a platform twelve to eighteen inches high. Such sleds are very convenient for hauling heavy weights upon, as they are esily loaded. On many farms such sleds are used in preference to stone boats, even during the season when no snow is on the ground. They draw more easily over the bare ground than does the stone boat, and will usually last fully as long. , Water Over Cndcrdralns. It sometimes happens when severe cold comes before snow and rain that the ground freezes so hard over drained land that when the snow is melted the surplus water cannot at once make its way to the drain beneath. Sometimes in winter these sheets of water will be frozen over, during some cold spell, and while thus covered with ice, the water beneath it will find its way through the tiles and disappear. No harm comes to grass land thus left covered with ice for two or three days. But winter wheat is sometimes winter killed by ice on the edges of the pond, where the freezing of the water catches the wheat plant in its icy embrace, and often snaps the stem where it is joined to the root at the surface of the ground. r*-’> ' — ; r v RoaAnlde Tree Planting. BUNKO MAN’S LATEST GAME. Working a - Trick on Conductor* Whereby He Clear* $3.03. To an honest man It would appear that the field of bunko bad been pretty well worked out; but every little while some Ingenious and crooked gentleman contrives a new method of making oth er persons pay for his ingenuity. Just $t present the street railway men are looking for the deviser and operator of a very slick game of which the car conductors are made victims. The re quisite for this game is #t» (a $5 bill and a $1», and lt^ working does not re quire great nerve, as the hunkoer, if caught, can always declare that it was a mistake, and to prove the contrary with legal certainty would be almost Impossible. The crook gets on a car and tenders the conductor a $5 bill. Now, no con ductor wants to give up all his change and leave himself short, and no con ductor will take a $r> bill if there is any way of getting out of it. Therefore, he looks at the crook’s bill and says: \ “Is that the smallest you’ve got?” “1 think it is}’ says the crook. “Wait a minute aud I’ll see.” Crumping the bill up in his hand—the i game is usually played with crisp new bills, as they crumple more obviously— he goes through his jKX'kets in searcii of change. Not wanting.to find any, be doesn’t find any. “Sorry, but that’s all I’ve got,” he says. Thereupon the conductor, with in* ward wrath, seizes the crumpled bill, Jams it into his pocket, and gives cliauge. Not the original crumpled bill, however, for during the search for change he has contrived to substitute a new $1 bill, equally crumpled, for the $5, and the conductor, in nine cases out of ten, doesn’t think to unroll and examine the bill which he has jus'll seen to be $5. At the pud of the day’s work he discovers that he is $1 out Should lie discern the substitution, tho crook simply says: “Why, that’s queer! I thought it was a five I had all the time.” And what can the conductor do?— New York Sun. Spri These two words emphasize a sity and indicate a remedy. Spbino—the season when the blj most impure as a result of thy ter’s closer confinement, higm ing, slower action of th« Ml and liver; when humors of all! boils, pimples and eruptior most liable to appear; whe weak, languid condition of th« bodily structure demands ■“ comes help. Medicine—that to which the turn at this season—Hood’s rilla. The original ami on/yj aration especially adapted present needs of the human that which makes the blood pi clean, as shown by its thousal wonderful cures of dreadful I diseases; creates an appetitj cures 1 dyspepsia, as shown “magic touch” in all stomacc hies; steadies and strengthef nerves, as proved by peopl merly nervous, now calm an^ possessed, thanks to Hood Medicine v V. i been relieved I very ^ore on my foot. It dmlor>*4 Only vhose who ha * appreciate I » ^ “ ft nd affected the entire llmX of great.ulfcnng can fuUy *PP ^ Into P t wa9 About two year* later I hai L 6 e “i„«d._^ monials Gverflowwritteniu ^ Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Just rea At that time Very Much Run Dawn been troubled with The drain on n\y system was ® 0 ^ v * r ‘' .*C I. Hood A Oo., Lowell, Mass.: I < !;o*ntl.«nen:-“M y first ^ Hood’s Sarsaparilla was wh ^ ^ ^ 9(J ; »tonic and spring ' ' m6r lU became i much good my taltn iu dyspepsia, and ' tomae’h WO* so weak 1 became a ready , , lm oI malaria. I feared I could never Tit in my health. My stomach rebelled a* nileimplwt toed, and the medicines pro- Ibed (or me gave but little relit*:. 1 eon for a bottle Ot Hood’S Mr-apaciUn, and I \Z\ taken this medicine but three aay» hen I began to Improve. Continuing uh it I am now better and stronger than Tever expected to be. It has purilled my Mood and given good circulation, had no return of my old troubles Mas. W. Ksm., Media, Pa. Hood s purilln is The Medicine For You because you ought this spring to 1 bava since.” Sarsa- that which will do yon the most good. parilla ® to get Hood’s. America’s Greatest Line, because it cures when nil others ^ id in The planting of trees and hedges along country roads should be en couraged. Shade prevents rapid dry ing of macadam, and hedges break the force of the winds which on un protected highways blow tne dust away,leaving the stone foundations ex posed. This point is urged at length in a road article by Colonel A. A. Pope in the Outlook. It is a mistake to as sume that dust is detrimental to wheeling. On the contrary, it is es- An Ai sentml to the preservation of the road, Tommy—Pa.' Should, if possible, be kept on give a deflnltb -^rwtnrsnbwer will concert | , air. binding material. Trees and who does soi cost little, apd money expend- way will be offset by de- This is only a utUi- questiofl. The country is en- id shrqbs, A farm- it shade is not in- Doll Buried With Her. A pathetic incident occurred at Rich mond a few days ago. The little daughter of Edward Emerson, two hours before her death called for*her favorite doll and could not be per suaded to part with it again.^ When the child died the doll was" firmly clasped in her arms. The mother dressed the doll in a white gown and buried it with\her little daughter. A traveler can now go around the ’ fifty days. Dcanty !■ IllofcU Deep. I Clean blood means a clean ski beauty without it. Casearets, Candy tic clean your blood and keep it cl by stirring up the lazy liver and driviui 1 im purities from the body. Begin to y to banish pimples, boils, blotches, bla< wuls, and that sickly bilious complexion b iking Casearets,—beauty for ten cents. / drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, '25 50c. Parrots should be taught to speak nly In polysyllables. Oh, ’What Splendid Coflei Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111.. »rites: “From one package Salzer’s Gerraai Cone* Berry, costing 16c . I grew 600 lbs. o better coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 tents a lb.” 8 A package of this coffee and big plant catalogue is sent you by J* Halzer Seed iCo., La Gross, Wls., ceipt of 15 cents stamps and this n Fruit Deafness Cannot Be Cured Trees and Vines become hardier, and their products bet ter colored and better flavored when liberally treated with fertilizers containing at least io% actual Potash. illustrated book which JtelU Potash is,, and how ATTENTION! All GEHUiHfcSEED orTHI* CELKimATED " JACKSON AFRICAN ~ limbless COTTON 18 OWNED THIS COMPANY. no not In our P 0 *** u. 8- Po«"* our trade m.tk. M '-v* “ eandgon^ Office, can be authentic*** 0 —r- it i! hed| ed in this creased repairs, tarian aide of tho attractiveness of the hanced by trees and mg counfry without shade is viting, and whatever improver the roads and adds to the beauty of rural scenery is worthy of encouragement. The suggestion is deserviug of consid eration by town councils, because it is suggestive of decreased cost iu road maintenance and higher values of property. The city man looking for a summer home in the country is certain to note the difference between a farm bordered by trees aud one that is bar ren of shade. It is not difficult to predict which will^he his choice.— Providence Journal. ^bisuous Term. teacher wants us’to of a patriot. w putirio*. is E uiiu ling for his country, or tlonal remedies. Deafness Is caused by ■ darned condition of the mucons lining c Eustachian Tube. When this tube g< fi >med yon have a rumbling sound or feet hearing, and when it is entirely Deafness i-i the result, and unless the : matlon can be taken out and this lititn- FREE <.~.» all applicant*- Send your address. german kali works. » Nassau St., N*» ' o™. [flom- doee his cmmtf not • Jusf suik* Journal. / for something, I am .. hlch.—Indianapolis The Ripening of Cheese. A well-cured cheese contains a higher per centage of fat than the same cheese does when green, and this gave rise to the idea that the action of rennet, or of the fermentation process, caused certain of the constitnents of the cheese to be converted into fat. Part ly with the object of testing this theory, Dr. Caldwell has undertaken an investigation of the changes which, occur in the curing of cheese. The coarse pursued was to. take several green cheeses fresh from the hoop, analyze the same, and then keep them in air-tight receivers to cure. By daily examination of the air in the re ceivers, everything that was given off from the cheese, or absorbed by it, was traced and noted. Without going into minnta details, It will be enough to say, in brief, that the examination of the air in the re ceivers showed that the cheeses all alike rapidly gave off carbonic acid and water, and as rapidly absodyed oxygen, in tbe early stages of cnnng, but afterward this steadily diminished. The weighing showed a steady loss in the total dry substance of the cheese from oxidation, and a loss in the total of each solid constituent—fat and casein—and that the casein lost more than the fat, thus leaving the fat in the eared cheese in larger proportion than in its green stage, and demonstrat ing that the increased percentage of fat in the ripe cheese over that in its' nnripo condition was not due to any * increase of fat in the caring process, bat to a greater loss of casein than fat by oxidation.— C. G. Freer-Thonger, in Farm and ^ome, England. The Chinese surname comes first instead of last, of coarse. The only particular in which the Chinese resem- 1 ble other people is in being born be fore they die. , Gained *9 Pounds In 5 Weeks. From Vie By-Slander, Macomb, III. Alderman Louis W. Gamp, of our oily, has finite astonished his friends, by a remark able gaia In weight. He Uas gained 22 pounds la five weeks. Those of his friends who do not know the facts of his sick, ness will read with interest tho following: “I was broken down in health and utter ly miserable,” said Mr. Camp to our re porter. “I was unable to work much of the time anil so badly afflicted with a form of stomach trouble that life was a veritable nightmare. “I tried various remedies, but during the six months of my sickness 1 obtained no re lief. I had always been a robust, healthy man and sickness bore heavily upon me. “About two years ago I was advised to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Palo Peo ple. I purchased one box aud received so much benefit that 1 used five more and was entirely cured. I gained twenty-two pounds in five weeks. Since I stopped taking the pills I have scarcely had an uohe or pain. It Interviewing the Alderman. “Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills restored me to health and I most heartily recommend them.” L. W. Camp on oath says that tbe forego ing statement Is true. W. W. M*loa3», Notary Public, Following is tbe physician's certificate as to Mr. Camp’s present condition. I am a regularly licensed physician of Macomb, McDonough County, III. I have very recently examined Mr. L. W. Camp as to his general physical condition, and find tbe same to be all that oould be desired, appetite and digestion goed, sleeps well, and has all the evidences of being in a good physical condition. Sax’l Bussell, M. D. anbecrlbed and sworn to before me this 30th day of September, 1897. W. W. Meloxm, Notary Public. Kafling for Them. ! So long ago as 1625 a sporting paraon existed, and one who thought that re ligion could be made more popular by a little excitement; to this end he es tablished a raffle for six Bible* each year. The clergyman who was so far eccentric, left In his will a sufficient sum of money for the yearly purchase* of Testaments to be won by dice. Only a few days ago the ancient ceremony was carried through, and twelve chil dren threw dice, six of whom ran tho chance of winning a Bible. A vicar, a curate and two church wardens watch ed over the proceedings. . flamed condition of the mucous surf We will give One Hundred Dollar case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) not be cured by Hall's Catarrh free. for circulars, f! Sold by Drum _ Hall'* Family Pills are the best. ?■ J. Ppa^jET & Co., Tol<| a France and Germany are ende acclimatize the American lobsters,] and healthier than bis European c<] Dost Tobacco Spit tad Saoke Toar 1 To quit tobacco easily and forevd netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, Bac, tbe wonder-worker, that makes l strong. All druggists, SOc or fl. teed. Booklet and sample free. Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or Nci A fine ostrich is calculated to yiel< worth of feathers. to Her 12,000 Lyon & Co’s Pick Leaf Extra riuking Tobacco without a rival. For pipe r hand made c igaretto* boats the world. Tr it Many a beautiful bat represents tb milli ner's unpaid bill. 1 can recommend Piso’s Cure for Cisump- tion to sufferers from Asthma.—E. ITown- sl.nd, Ft Howard. Win., May 4. 1804. Don't TRY to keep house withoi Blue Ribbon Baking Powder. At all Gro.rs. B. K. B. P. Company, Richmond, Virgin. It requires half a day to sing the stlonal hymns of China. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents Gwvanteed tobacco habit cure, mail weak men strong, blood pure. Me, |L Ail dggists. New Zealand contains at preset 42,000 natives (Maoris) and 626,000 whites. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for I'dran teething, softens the gums, reducing flam t- tlon,allays pain,curaa wind colic. Jfcbottls. I Never give a remedy containing ^)pi«m to your children. F^efuse to accept strong, poisonous Aftedicines that are not AloW nauseating but dangerous. NoRNAN'S Ncatral'uiag Cordial Saves children from premature death. ^^arries health and a new lease life to numbers of sufferers. Rosy cheeks, good appetite, restored [Digestion, are results of its use. * 11 is the sovereign remedy for j\ll affections of the stomach and Lower bowels. Absolutely cures DVSPKPS1A. as and soc. at druggist* and dealers. 1 THE NORMAN CORDIAL CO., Prop's, Charlestoh, S. C. NORMAN’S INDIAN WORM PELLETS Remove Worms. The Best Liver Pills. io and asc. OSSOSNI’S * mmedd^ouet - _. less* Mo text u tins. Cheep board tend for cetalosua. are Sa Trade -S'. Sni hr mr Brut Bfhrto CtHoo flioitn. agent* wanted. JACKSON AFRICAir . LIMBLESS COTTON CO., 9 , " 2 p Mchtife St., Atlanta, Ga. !*•••••••••••••»§••••«)••• FOR 14 CENTS A bivst*. (J*. Aetusl bueiaesv Ho text book.. Short tie— ~ ‘ Dr. R. H. Kliha Ltd..tti Arch If AflllrUd with \ •ur» ejre«, use > Thompson’s Eyo Wotor DRUM and Liquor Habit cured In IO to SO days. No pay till cured. I>r. J. f.. Htephene, Dept. A, Lebanon, Ohio. tome: 1 PX«. k«. Karl: n. eoif beoce oSer t IS pity KtdUb, y Spring Turnip, Vi lent Red Beet, iemsri-k Ourumber, queen Victor!* LettuOS, ! |.»A*iSw i A. litZXR is l** C»*l«e iiuo. »•« iPt of this n We larlte /< _ _ fidtT.u'Sfj^tr'O niliant Plover heads. Worth SI.OS, far 14 bents. _ Above 1* pkge. worth *J 00, we wilt B,a .*£? * r **» together with oar greet Plant end Cetelogne opon receipt of thlo not toe end 14«. postage. We Invite poor trade and know when yon onoe tr “ ‘ AO ( BOMB, Wia. *L K my.iicmE OMATCMAmmCSAL! %i tj , n( . „ models, heat wiAkes, SO.tb to SIS. k.Jt 2? of vhrel to bur eirente. WrttTfn. WE HAVEN! A GENTS bet fsold direct to the ass 33 years at vhsW- ag him the to. Stuyaay. >r examtaatten. Evedng werraatod of Vehldoe, of Heraoee 33^ as.n ■ | _ _ ha good a. Mtu <or|M. ELKHART •» WOfOB- and Miih tor Large, bee ‘ oar styles _ ****rtyFKEE tvrAUunp wAiutimy u,*. K. ff. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY. Chlraaw. WAGON Somethin entirely hew. mkiakt fair - SCALES '••••■mtw. 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