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I Farm and Garden FORCING RHUBARB. |? Cm n. Successfully Grown During > ?' ' Winter Months. tble and practicable for * to supply himself with I ag the winter months. In c res It will be found profit- t a I . ssentlals for the success- t 11 nrn good strong roots, j years old, and n suitable y .'lug. 8 Is of hsndllinr rontc n.l / jrowtta are simple and In i I 1 of the forcing bed select > lere a temperature of 40 i i can be maintained and \ - ctae light can be excluded , I A GOOD 8THONO R< KJT. A corner of the house cellar Is often the luost accessible and desirable. Curtain off the desired amount of room ond put in about twelve Inches of medium loam. This soil should l>e In good workable condition and fairly moist It is essential that this room Bliould be frost proof. The necessary heat for Bueh a place can usually be obtained by use of a lantern or lamp if the amount of room Is not large. When it is large some other method of heutlng will have to be devised. A furnace in the cellar will furnish the uecessary heat. The main requisite Is that the roots be thoroughly frozen before being put Into the forcing bed. Roots can be thawed or not before planting, as de sired. It Is not uecessary that the roots be thawed when set. They ma> be put as close together as possible la the bed without Injury to their growth If there is sufficient soil present te keep them moist. The amount of soli must be enough to cover the roots. If the plants are in a large bed it Is ad visable to place them so that there is room enough to walk between the rows. Very little watering is needed, and the growth In darkness induces the production of a large proportion of atalk with small leaves. The rapidity of growth and coloring of the stalk are largely controlled by the temperature. The higher the temperature the more rapid the growth and lighter the color of the stalk, explains New England Homestead. The plants may be forced any time during the winter months. For commercial production nbout .Inn. 1 seems to be the time for the setting of plants. This brings the crop into the market during the latter part of the month, and a continual supply is maintained until the outdoor crop comes into the market in April. 1 A Smokehouao. | Tbe diagram shows the plan of a smokehouse found satisfactory by one t of our readers. In this case the smoke j oven connects with the barn cellar, ( but it could be readily built out of doors. The oven Hbown in cut is three feet square, wilii sheet iron door. The pipe leading from It to the smokehouse -Ai 1 * i * ^ Dtfiftraa C?11*v ' pi*1 pijan of bmokkhoubk is ten inch glazed tile, with an elbow ut each end. Over the end of the pipe in the floor of the house is a deflector, a flat square stone laid on four pieces >f brick, which causes the smoke to '111 all parts of the house. This arrangement is much superior to the old >lau of building a Are in the smoke nouse, as it supplies cool smoke and 4 loes away with the danger of fire, ( says Rural New Yorker. Forest Fires. In many localities there still exists ] r n idea that burning over the forest , t'.oor Is not Injurious, but even baned- , ' lal. It Is difficult to Imagine upon what basis this Idea rests, for certainly anything which will destroy the rich accumulation of leaf mold, the , tender seedlings and young trees as , surface or ground lire will do cannot , fall to seriously retard the natural re- , production of the forest.?H. D. House. ] Truck In Fieri da. Winter la a glorious time In Dade county, Pla., says a writer In Home and Farm. Berries ripen from January to June. We often gather fine Hps tomatoes In December, and our toglM* her planted Irish potatoes am readjf for use from Chili dsns en. * Farm Gaurden i DITCH LININGS. ^ Qlimpse at Some of Their Phaeee In Southern California. A dependable water supply that can >e drawn upon whenever ueeded 1? ?ne of the ideal conditions of agrlculure and almost a uecessity to the ruck farmers. This consideration exilnlns the undoubted interest in irritation schemes and their progress to ome extent, at least, in humid regions. )ne of the irrigator's problems every vliere Is the waste water which sinks uto the soil from ditches and reserroirs. The lois sometimes amounts to nore than half the total (tow. The vater which escapes is ofteu worse raavta canal. [Untd with Mincnt mortar.] ban wasted. It collects In the lower anda, fills the soil, drowns the toot.>f trees and plants, brings alkali to the rurface In some regions and Is vor. generally a prolific breeding place for nosquitoes. On large storage works linings ot *ment, concrete or asphnltuui rauy ln? >m ployed without the expense beiir.4 )rohibitlve. But on lateral ditches ind nmall storage basins simpler uii-1 iheaper methods of making the >!:; 'ace Impervious to water, such as cua )e carried out by farmers or unskilled aborers, must be foiind. Muddy w.ter soon silts up muddy ditches, but vhere water Is clear, aH from wells or eservolrs, seeixigo losses are likely to >e permanent, aud some sort of lining :o stop this becomes an lmportuut mater. Southern Callforula affords one of he great fields for studying Irrigalon. B. A. Etcheverry of the Stale lulverslty, tracing the progress thciv. lays that canals were lirst paved with iver bowlders or cobblestones. This laving was then improved upon bv >avlng and cementing. Plastering wltb lenient mortar from oue-hnlf to one nch thick and the use of concrete for lnlngs from three to six Inches thick pvere Introduced afterward. The use >f steel or cement pipes has become nuch In favor In southern Callforulu. Where the volume of water to dlstrlbite Is not large they have to a great sxtent replaced the smaller open ditch. The advantage of lining a canal is lot alone the decrease In seepage. Otb>r factors should be considered. First, :he prevention of growth of vegetation s an lmportuut Item and Is quite an expense when In most cases the ditch >r lateral must be cleaned out several imes during ah Irrigation season; secMid, the resistance to scouring, on vbich depends the velocity which the vater can be given, and, third, the ireventlon of squirrels and gophers 'roiii burrowing into the banks and lottoms of ditches. The cement mortar lining Is reported >y Professor Etcheverry to be probacy used more extensively In southern California than all the other meth OILHID OAMAX. (Showing v?C*tAtlon.] Mis combined. It has proved very sfflclent, and Its cost Is small. The furupa canal, In the vicinity of Rlverilde, as shown In the cut, Is lined In ids manner, the lining, however, being >nly one-quarter to onebalf Inch thick. Thin plaster lining Is subject to rup:ure from burrowing animals and 'rom storm water washing out some >f the back filling. It Is probable that :his kind of lining would not resist the :11mate of a country subject to very wld weather. Heavy road oil has been experimentMi with and found very effective In preventing growth of aquatic plants. Puddling with clay Is said to be a food preventive of seepage, but It does lot binder vegetation. Soil Sterilization. The results of tests at the Vermont experiment station show that soil ster ilisatlon Is an effective means of pre renting or controlling some of the worst enemies of greenhouse plants. Professor Stuart considers It "otle of the most Important of ths more recent levelopments of greenhouse technic" ind believes that "on account **f the revere injury so frequently csurjA 07 nematodes to tomstoss and cucumbers when grown under glsas the sterilize bon of greenhouse soil has become nl most a mo?Itj when the Mil In this Infested." Bernstein 3 piece iron beds guaranteed perfect.* See our Furniture. and cook stoves. Dillon Hdw. Co. m wm ? A Ri:yri:sT?That all persons due nie any thing will come up and settle at once, A.K. Parham. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is horebv piveit that tlh.r. > ? Bet lieu and Tluauns J. Bethea have aj plied to this coiTt for n final dischnrn. as executors of the estate of John Wc.ley Bet ben, deceased, and that Friday., the 11th day of June A. D. tsv>9. at my office in Marion. S. <5., at 11 o'clock, h is been fixed as tho time and place for con. siderinn said application. Marion, S. C May 13th 1909. P. B. Hamer. (5-2r-4t) Probate Judge Ball bearing Lawn Mowers, Screen doors and window* w-e cream freezers. We want your orders. Prices right, call on us. Dillon Hclw. Co. Legal Blanks. The following1 legal blanks are for sale at The Herald Book Store: Planter's contracts. Liens on crop. Mortgages. Titles to real estate Bills of Sale. Arrest Warrants. Commitment blanks. Appearance Recoionization. Do You Call This a Square Deal? When the South-Atlantic Life Insurance Company of Richmond. Va.. began to solicit business in Marion County, it announced the policy of investing, on satisfactory real estate security. all its net premiums received from that community. We understand they have loaned their policy-holders in Marion County nearly ?.> for every 51 received in premiums, to say nothing of the death claims, taxes and operating expenses paid- This looks to us like keeping the money at home. Other Life Insurance (Vinmnninc o i-r. tio.vlnnln - ??V Hilling; lu 1UI" low their example; why? Hecause they found they had to do it to get some of the business. I "1892" | Will Not R V Cheapest Be j Jer?. made from Put with ave mind yoi sometimt I num W< or bi\ak. but Chip -ssi M causes < ^? Vflf oclcncc session \ Congress C\ subject. a Accor Philadel bach ad' I Only a few oi I are shov I . Whe 1 Improve your homes with Sv art's Iron Fence. Apply to R. Beatty t'or designs and orii Cheaper than wood, lasts a 1 time. CALL AT THE WHITE TEN '< )rientnl in its outlines, (within you will find l i ! W. A. M E A R S Dispensing Fruit, Cigars, ' I jbaceos. Cool Drinks and > i 1 , , Shakes that will shake all heat and thirst out ot the av i | age man tpiickcr than it ta to tell it. Next door to L I Brad-ly Co. (iive him y patioaagc. 4-^9 4i I p????? A Speedy Cure for Constipation. Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Indigeit Liver Complaints, Tired Feeling, Bad laata the Mouth, Bad Complexion, Ncrvousiieas and ! diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels. " Bloodloe Liver Pills " act gently, yet thoroughly upon the bowels, li' stomach and digestive organs. The pills, in j and chronic cases of constipation and (ndigest act at once, srithout griping, nor do they leave unpleasant after-eifects, nor form a constant h of purging, produced by other cathartic remec " Bloodloe Uver Pills" restore the deranged and torpid liver to its nor condition and healthful action. Remove sod | vent constipation by securing a natural and rt lar operation oi the bowels, and relieve those pleasant symptoms which attend a diseased morbid condition of the liver, stomach and bow To assist in art lining this end, the following i gestions are offered. ? REMARKS. Everyone who uses pills their action on the liver, should know that li doses rarely prove as satiLfactory as small 01 Large doses simply purge and pass out of the tern, usually leaving the bowels constipated, seldom removing the cause of the trouble, or prove the general health. On the other hi I small doses develon lha alterative effect of medicine, do not irritate or constipate the boe but gently stimulate the liver and prevent accumulation oi bile by directing its flow into proper channels. Therefore it is advisable to c menci by taking not over one or two pills at I tune and increase dose as necessary. Portland, M Gents : ?I find your " Btoodine Liver Pi the moat efiective pill I ever used. They c; no griping or constipative after eflect as most 1 pills do. Yours truly, MRS. AMADA RICHARDSOl MllwTiBiyto Bloodine Ointment cvea Piles, 50c a boa. EVANSPHARMA Pure A cause Best in last, is the ideal kitchen > coking utensil?" THE I THAT WEARS"? ^ c Spun Aluminum, and cd by the makers to last 25 yeai rage usage. "Spun" Aluminun l, not cast Aluminum, which wi es crack and scale. Spun Alum ire will never crack, peel, sea] a trifle more than ordinary enanm t is many times cheaper in th , because of its wonderful durs d fuel saving. Enamel ware ted with colored glass. Iron e: ith heat. Colored glass does nc s off into the food with dangeroi o those who eat it. the use of enamel kitchen wa cancer is a view held by son medical authorities. Dr. Willia nbach of New York, in a paper ei Dbservations on the Etiology read before the Bureau of Sanitai and Public Health during tl of the International Homeopath s at Atlantic City, discussed th ding to a special dispatch to tl phia North American, Dr. Diefa tranced the argument that chippii : the "1892" Pi m bene. Com I eler t Iard\A I ^TIlTh"" I h'n II II I 1 I 11 i | ; ! JA KSG\ SPRINGS HOTEL. vs- After having undergone nuimroiis improvements, Jacl ife- Springs Hotel n w ?irt !< : ; rt i.aye'-.ent is a^ain ready to lake, ot" the tia\ iiny ; .: 1 >:iv .in.] '! i . s>.? kin;,' for t ie strnmcr, he rest and amusement. Th - ail-the year resort hotel i< m:> to dat everv bartienlar. Klcetrk ryht. steal heat with ; : ;oi'? {J The table is su; p; d \vi* h * ho V he market . * vice, and tor amusement ? -e ..'founds a i;?. a am bathinir and swint'i imr v. :t v fishiny. lla- fin .... , tennis court, croquet b >v I i, 1 >i 1 . ds a: ' many 1)11 panics besides a lar*:< a:-<: . uiranyvd dan* . avi t.. II; gage for the season for p. r;< -iritiy room am! *i -.re tit Italian String ? trehest-a m i.? count-y. Jackson S mys \v; nature's specific for a' ti: v.n-forms of i:ki*v;* . a .-. id fo, er, kidney and bladder trouo- . This water tppurpasse uterine tonic. It qui* '.s a : t<in? - up the- nervous ;V-t. m. i at once the appctb" a* -u -ir ; You will find a4. J; -'-o - : amusement. for ; . , Springs til's water is b . Ill: boys and crates all v t'v ? up -y ion iilk xV'-'' ' 1 r i s i S m j lliivc rop.;ic-<| other ;.i 'i ; !i i>.;v :iv examples. In everv ea*.?' uains Itaee i ri* y a ion. racy of work -due to tlu visible writ'iv.; . liS of pr.>\\ a v.due. 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It enables you to bake el bread, pies, pan cakes, etc.. without grease, % ^3^ ,e which is the great cause of dyspepsia and % indigestion. Aluminum griddles require no * 1S grease; hence are smokeless and odorless. ^ * "1892" Pure Aluminum Ware will not , scorch or burn, is easily cleaned, will not rust, or corrode. Handsome in appearance. re Looks like silver, but weighs only about I ,e one-fourth as much, and is light and conm venient to handle. jf n* The original and only genuine Spun || Aluminum Ware is made by the Illinois ^ y Pure Aluminum Co. at Lemont, 111. Every Kayff/rj; C piece bearing their trade-mark, the Maltese ils Cross, and marked "1892" Pure Aluminum Ware is absolutely pure, wholesome and 1C hygienic, and guaranteed for 25 years. f I n- See that you get the right goods and I % ng accept no substitute. ire Aluminum Cooking Utensil; iplete line will be fomv,"r?i,'tDwr' <r ? , x f c, 2.^ ?Florence Tunes.