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APPLY A FEW DROPS THEN LIFT
TOUCHY CORNS OFF WITH
FINGERS.
Don't hurt a bit! Drop a little
freezone on an aching corn, Instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you lift
It right out. Yes, magic !
A tiny bottle of freezone costs but a
few cents at any drug store, but is
sufficient to remove every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
and the callouses, without soreness or
Irritation.
Freezone is the sensational discov
ery of a Cincinnati genius. It is won
derful. Adv.
Why bp so aggressively charitable
as to make the helpless beneficiaries
uncomfortable?
You can always have the law at
actual costs.
Backache
Yager's Liniment is excel
lent for any kind of pain or
congestion. It quickly re
lieves backache and rheu
matic pains, and is a splen
did remedy for Neuralgia,
Sciatica, chest pains, sprains,
strains, swellings and en
largements. Keep a bottle la your home for
emergencies you never can tell
when you will require something
of the sort.
35c Per Bottle at all.
Each bottle contains more than the
usual SO cent bottle of liniment.
GILBERT BROS. & CO.
BALTIMORE, MD.
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Beaver Board"
Use "BEAVER BOARD" for
your walls and ceiling. It is air
tight and wind-proof. Any carpen
ter or workman can put it on. It
produces far more tasteful effects
than plaster and is more economical.
STRATTON & BRAGG CO.
Petersburg Virginia
"Beayer Board" Distributors.
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Sweet Potato Plants xtj iiaiia and Fort Bleat
POST PAID
1.000 to 9,000 at) f.o.b. 100, 4Uo
K.6Q per LOW) $ bare 1,000, S3.M)
Tomato Plants UHasvtoa Btaaty, Earllaaa ud 8 loft a
600, 11.261 POST PAID
1.000, 1.751 f. o.b. 100, 40j
b OUO at 10 f hero 1,000 13.00
10,ouo at 1.6 J
Iteppr Plants. Baby Hlng May 1st delivery
EgaT Plants, N. V. Improved.
600, II 2JT1 POST PAID
1.0UO, 1V5 f . o. b. 100, 604
b.uQO at 2.00 J here 1,000, 13.26
O.F.JAMISON, BrjMiIEBVILlLK,8.C.
WANTED
sno had. White tnn ana women and boys and
f lrla over 14 rears of ar. Oiie of the beni mills
n the state, located In the host part of the state,
and paying the hlht wagi-s.
V e wt the brm and are willing to pay for It.
Write orano us la person for terms and prices.
H. U. HOLDGN, Sunt., ROCKY MOUNT.
N. C. Address ROCKY MOUNT MILLS.
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notes, f-1 prr hundred; sainplcs :"e e;ih. '
lotips, v,onl.-iai 1 nusie. No. 1 and 2'"oiuln"ied,
7 per hi.mlred, IJc a copy. Mention this papr.
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GREATLY REDUCES FIRE RISK
Advantage of Standardizing Fire-Hose
Couplings Quickly Perceived by
Up-To-Date Communities.
An association was formed In an
Ohio city recently with the idea of
standardizing the firehose couplings In
the district, and it was found that
some of the odd-size hose couplings
could be changed to standard at small
expense by means of taps and dies
furnished free by the Inspection .bu
reau, reports Country Gentleman. It
also was ascertained that by means of
adapters couplings in other cities
could be made ; but In some towns the
size was prohibitive. Now other co
operative associations aft1 being form
ed that are reaching out into Penn
sylvania, Kentucky, Indiana and West
Virginia, and demands for the taps
and dies have come from Texas and
New Jersey.
The co-operative Idea not only takes
in the waterworks towns, but also the
smaller places, and the chiefs of the
several co-operative units have can
vassed their districts so that now they
know not only what equipment to
send in case of urgent call, but the
available water supply, the state of the
roads and the construction and char
acter of the buildings to be worked up
on. As most of the Ohio equipment Is
now motorized, remarkable time is
made in getting to towns where there
is no fire-fighting equipment at all but
where a powerful combination chem
ical truck could handle a blaze satis
factorily. Many of the chiefs of vol
unteer organizations are now visiting
the headquarters of the city depart
ments and gaining practical experi
ence at first-hand in actually fighting
fire, In discipline and in care of equip
ment. Towns finding that they can
not have assistance, by reason of
odd-size couplings, are ordering all
new standard equipment and are, of
course, changing their hydrants to con
form to the standard code.
The value of the city and interurban
co-operative, wheel-wlthln-a-wheel idea
is that in many cases the town or rural
equipment would master the fire; but
If it could not, the next nearest large
place could rush the proper parapher
nalia to the scene, either over good
roads or by special train, either steam
or electric. The idea of interurban and
rural protection is about to take an
other leap forward, and the plan is
this: Ohio and many other states are
splderwebbed with trolley lines. Suit
able tank cars, carrying chemical
equipment, pumps and 1,000 or more
feet of ,hose could be held in reserve
at terminal points and rushed, day or
night, to the nearest point to a fire. In
a fire a second lost may make for
eternity.
POINTERS ON HOME BUILDING
Comprehensive Study of Various De
signs Will Be Found Helpful to
Prospective Home Owners.
The collecting of clippings from the
real-estate section of newspapers and
magazines is a practice recommended
by architects for persons contemplating
building a home. The prospective
home builder can obtain many valu
able pointers as to the relative style
of house which he prefers and is able
to compare the advantages of different
designs. He is then able to explain to
the architect what he wants and the
architect can draw up plans in accord
ance with his wishes.
When saving clippings the client is
apt to accumulate a lot of irreconcila
ble details which he wants in his house,
but the architect can adapt the prin
ciples desired to better effect If he
knows what styles and designs are in
the owner's mind. The clipping habit
is usually acquired some time before
the time to build and In the meanwhile
the selective process Is continuing. By
the time the owner Is financially ready
to build he has made up his mind as
to the details he would like to have
and the things he would rather do
without.
The illustrations in newspapers and
architectural magazines are valuable
in determining the style of house de
sired, while the homebuilders' sections
contain many suggestions of use to
possible builders. The saving of these
illustrations and suggestions will en
able one to get a good idea of what
other builders are doing and keep in
touch with recent developments of in
terest. Can Overcome Camouflage.
An American physicist believes that
the advantages of camouflage or at
least certain kinds of camouflage
can be overcome by an opposing army
by providing its airmen and other
scouts with colored glasses 01- screens
of contrasting colors to use with field
glasses, states Popular Mechanics Mag
azine. When the colors of these
screen are properly selected uniforms
and other objects may be trade to ap
pear In contrast, instead of in har
mony, with their surroundings, he
claims. Camouflage ai practiced in
many cases is accomplished largely by
the use of paint, objects being given
shades that blend with tho landscape.
!n spite of certain dilhVultie.s that
vould arise, it is believed that snrli
fi'ii 's at concealment coimI bo render
d quite ineffectual by the mean
dated.
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Helping tlie Meat
(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.)
DOGS THREATEN NEEDED INCREASE IN SHEEP
Dog-Tight Inciosures In Which Sheep Are Herded at Night Offer One Way
to Reduce Losses.
HOW DOG LOVERS
CAN SAVE SHEEP
Owners of Canines Can Aid by
Supporting Fair State Laws
Regulating Menace.
BIG HINDRANCE TO INDUSTRY
Most Serious Loss Is Fact That Farm
ers Are Kept From Engaging in
Sheep Business Dog-Proof
Fences Described.
Thousands of sheep are ruthlessly
killed every year by dogs. The mone
tary loss of more than a million dollars
a year to sheep owners does not cover
the most serious aspect of the damage.
The fact that the dog menace keeps
many farmers from engaging in the
sheep business, even at this time when
there are urgent demands for more
wool and meat, is the most serious
result which may be attributed to
sheep-killing dogs. Specialists of the
United States department of agricul
ture are urging efficient state legisla
tion as one of the best ways to deal
with the sheep-killing dog problem..
Dog-proof fences also are described
and advocated in a recent publication
of the department of agriculture deal
ing with this subject, "The Sheep-Killing
Dog," Farmers' Bulletin 935.
Hindrance to Industry.
That dogs are a real hindrance to
the sheep Industry Is not only ac
claimed by the testimony of thousands
of sheep owners but is verified by
actual conservative statistics. An in
vestigation by the United States de
partment of agriculture among sheep
owners In 15 states east of the Rocky
mountains shows that out of a total
of 6,836,492 sheep in the 502 counties
reporting, 34.GS3 were killed by dogs
in one year 191. and paid for by the
countie.s.( At the same rate of loss in
other farm states the total annual de
struction of sheep by dogs would be
107,700 head. But these figures are
based only upon the number actually
paid for, and specialists of the United
States department of agriculture say
it is more than probable that the true
losses far exceed this. It i known that
many sheep are killed whiehi are never
reported to the county officials.
Sheep-killing dogs work both singly
and in groups, but usually in twos or
threes. They do not limit their at
tacks to the flocks of the immediate
vicinity in which they are kept, but
travel for miles in all directions,
spreading destruction in the flocks
with which they come in contact. Be
cause their work is so often done un
der cover of darkness It is almost im
possible to catch them in the act of
worrying sheep, hence they can seldom
be positively identified. The ways in
which different dogs attack and de
stroy sheep vary greatly. Sonw dogs
simply kill one or two in a flock,
while others continue to attaefc until
all the sheep are either destroyed or
crippled. In many cases where large
numbers are killed they are neither
bitten nor wounded but simply chased
until they die from exhaustion. After
a dog has once formed a habit of kill
ing sheep it seemingly becomes a
mania with him and he is seldom, if
ever, broken of it. He not only de
stroys sheep himself but leads other
dogs to the work. No consideration
should be given such dogs ; they should
be killed as soon as their habits are
known.
Rehabilitating Industry.
The desirability of a maximum in
crease in the number of sheep Is gen
erally admitted and steps now are
being taken toward a rehabilitation of
the sheep industry. But It is recog
nized that ne of the most effective
neans of insuring the farmer a profit
n slieep Is to make and enforce laws
chieli adequately protect the farmers'
:,,-k. but in most of the states the
iresent t'.og laws fail in their purpose.
and Milk Supply
In the publication mentioned In a
previous paragraph the federal special
ists describe the need of uniform legis
lation and outline a suggested state
dog law.
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OMIMmtb ittr MAIMT
FROM GROWING SHEEP
Crop reporters In 3G farm
states submitted estimates in
1913 which showed that the
number of sheep in those states
could be increased 150 per cent
without, displacing other live
stock. Such an Increase would
place approximately 34,000,000
more sheep in these states than
there are now. Of 1,411 an
swers received to the question
as to whether sheep raising is
profitable in the farm states,
887 answered "Yes." Of 894
answers as to the causes pre
venting increase in the numbers
of sheep 531 said "Dogs."
FENCE PROOF AGAINST
VARIOUS QUADRUPEDS
Here are the specifications for a dog
and coyote-proof fence which has been
designed and tried out by the forest
service of the United States depart
ment of agriculture: Posts 74 feet In
length, set 2V& feet in the ground and
16 feet apart ; a barbed wire stretched
flat to the surface of the ground; 3
inches higher a 36-inch woven wire
fence having a 4-inch triangular mesh;
57 In
Government Fence.
5 inches higher a barbed wire; 6
inches higher a second barbed wire;
7 inches above this a third barbed
wire. Total height 57 inches. Tha
farmer who does not object to placing
his flock in a corral each night may
eliminate the necessity for building
dog-proof fences around his farm by
Inclosing a small area with such a
fence and making a practice of placing
his flock therein at night.
Help Save Sheep.
The dog rightfully holds a strong
place in the minds anJ affections of
men. The owner of a good dog finds
in him a most faithful friend. But it
sometimes happens that the dog most
highly esteemed is also one that kills
and worries the most sheep and is the
most cunning in obscuring the evi
dences of his guilt. A well-bred dog's
habit of lying Innocently asleep in the
front yard during the daytime is not
proof that the same dog does not kill
sheep at night. Because of the eco
nomic loss occasioned by sheep-killing
dogs, and because such dogs bring the
whole of their kind into bad repute,
the true admirers and friends of this
animal should help to further any
steps likely to result in the limitation
of the activity of these discrediting
members of a noble race. One of the
most practicable nethods of accom
plishing this result seems to be to
place upon dogs such tax as will re
duce the number of superfluous ones
and result in fewer being kept by per
sons who cannot or will not give them
the attention necessary to prevent the
formation of habits and associations
that lead to sheep killlm?.
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Let's Just bo glad,
So many joys are given
To us, each day and moment that we
know,
Fof you and me the blue sky arches
over,
For you and me the slender daisies blow.
Let's Just be glad.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
A delicious salad dressing for fruit
Is made by using two tablespoonfuls
of honey, three table-
spoonfuls of olive oil, a
tablespoonful of lemon
juice and a dash of salt.
Use when well blended.
This is especially good
on pineapple.
Beef Heart Chop
Suey. Boil a heart and
chop In small pieces, re
moving all the tougher portions.
Take two minced onions, one pint
of tomatoes, two tablespoonfuls of
chopped suet, and a quarter of a pack
age of macaroni cooked. Mix all to
gether and put into a baking dish; add
u cupful of the macaroni water and
bake an hour.
A little lemon jelly left from a dessert
heaped on a lettuce leaf, garnished
with finely shredded red or green pep
per with mayonnaise or French dress
ing makes a most delectable salad.
Hamburg Steak With Spaghetti.
Cook spaghetti in boiling water until
tender; salt lightly and add hamburg
steak which has been well seasoned
with onions ; season with salt and pep
per, and pour over enough of tomato
to moisten well. Cover and bake one
hour.
A delicious roast which resembles
venison may be prepared with a leg of
mutton. Remove all the skin and fat
from the meat, then lard the leg with
strips of salt pork, using the larding
noodle. Put the meat Into a kettle
with n pint of water, a cupful of mild
vinegar and n few peppercorns, one
fourth of a lemon, two onions, a bay
leaf and a carrot. Let the meat soak
in this three days, turning it twice
dally. Drain, put the meat into a
roasting pan with the vegetables and a
cupful of the sauce ; let it cook an hour
and a half, basting frequently and add
ing more of the sauce as needed.
Serve the sauce with flour added for
thickening, adding sour cream ; strain
and serve in a sauce boat.
A Different Potato Salad. Boil the
potatoes in water which has been sav
ed from corned beef or tongue; add a
clove of garlic with a little chopped
onion to the salad and make the dress
ing of sweet pickled vinegar left over
from pickles.
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit
allure, no ambition corrupt thee, no
example sway thee, no possession move
thee, to do anything which thou know
est to be evil. Franklin.
A FEW FROZEN DESSERTS.
An ice, ice cream, or sherbert or a
mousse or frappe need not be either
expensive of time or ma
terial. An easy-running
freezer, a heavy block set
with an old broom
handle for pounding the
ice and a good gunny
sack to hold it while
pounding will make the
the freezing light work.
Use one measure of
coarse suit to three of
ice when freezing (iream in the
freezer. For packing either to ripen
or for molding, one part of salt to
four of Ice is sufficient
Velvet Sherbet. Take the juice of
three lemons, two cupfuls of sugar and
a quart of rich milk, mix well, and put
Into the freezer to freeze. The milk
will curdle but as it freezes it will
be as smooth as velvet
A pint of cream, a nipful of grape
juice,- a tablespoonful pf lemon juice,
and sugar to taste ma'ses another de
licious cream. Peach pulp may be
used In place of the grape juice; with
peach use almond flavoring.
Banana Sherbet. Boil a pint eacli
of sugar and water together ten min
utes. When cool add the beaten whites
of two eggs and the pulp of six ba
nanas put through a sieve, with a half
cupful of lemon jute. Freeze as
usual. "
.Chocolate Ice Cream. Make a sirup
of two cupfuls of sugar and a half a
cake of melted chocolate and a pack
age of gelatin softened In water. Cool
and stir in a gallon of thin cream ; fla
vor with vanilla and freeze. This
recipe may be quartered for an ordi
nary amount.
Spanish Sponge. To a pint of or
ange juice and one of water add a half
box of gelatin which has been soft
ened In a little water. Sweeten to
taste and add the grated rind of one
orange, Leat the whites of three eggs,
add the orange juice gradually and
beat five minutes. Thoroughly chill
a mold, line with sections of orange
and pour In the sponge mixture. Serve
with a lemon custard made with the
yolks of the eggs.
1UjulU TvWtvt
Oil on the W aters.
Oil has practically n. effect on trou
bled wnter, close In shore, because the
surface there Is not usually broken by
the wind, but by cross-currents, rocks
and eddies.
Inside Information.
The Boss But I have an ofLee boy.
The Applicant Naw, you ain.t lie
tried to stop me from comin' In, an
he's on his way to de hospital by now.
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RVOUSNESS
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
Own Experience.
Providence, R. I. "I was all ran
down in health, was nervous, had head-
aches, my back
ached all the time.
I was tired and had
no ambition for any
thing. I had taken
a number of medi
cines which did me
no good. One day
I read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound and
what it had done for
women, so I tried
it My nervousness
and backache and
headaches disappeared. I gained in
weight and feel fine, so I can honestly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound to any woman who ia
suffering as I was." Mrs. Adeline iL
Lynch, 100 Plain St, Providence, R.L
Backache and nervousness are symp
toms or nature's warnings, which in
dicate a functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel
ops mtc a more serious ailment
Women in this condition Bhould not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch 's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
Eound and for special advice write to
.ydiaE. Pinkham Med.Co., Lynn, Mass.
Will reduce Inflamed, Strained,
Swollen Tendons, Ligamentv
or Muscles. Stops the lameness and
pain from a Splint, Side Bone or
Bone Spavin. No blister, no hair
gone and horse can be used. $2. 50 a
bottle at druggists or delivered. De
scribe your case for special instruc
tions and interesting horse Book 2 R Free.
ABSCRBINE,JR.,the antiseptic liniment for
mankind, reduces Strained, Torn Liga
ments, Swollen Glands, Veins or Muscle
Heals Cuts, Sores, Ulcers. Allays pain. Prici
1.25 a bottle at dealers or deliered. Book "Evidence" free.
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 310 Temple Street, Springfield, Mist.
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WONDERFUL WATER SYSTEM
Ever Offered lor the Country Home
Water coming from tho bottom of the well wltll
more force than is found In the city direct pres
sure no pump to get out of tlx. Cost less than
Are cents per day to operate.
STEGALL-MANESS WATER SYSTEM, INC.
Concord, North Carolina
Great Wall of China.
An examination of the bricks and
mortar in the great wall of China was
recently made at Shanhaikwan by J.
C. Witt, n chemist attached to the bu'
reau of science, Manila. Mr. Witt re
ports that the bricks are so weak that
pieces may be easily broken off with
the fingers. They are much larger than
ordinary building bricks, gray in color,
and resemble pumice somewhat in
structure. The mortar, which is pure
white under the exposed surface, Is
much stronger than the bricks. The
tradition that the bricks were dried in
the sun only was confirmed by labora
tory tests. If they had been dried in
a kiln the appearance of the wall
would have been considerably different
and its strength and durability would
have been much greater. The general
appearance and analysis of the mortar
indicate that no sand was mixed with
the lime.
Easy Game.
"AVhy do you arrest me?" howled
the alleged speeder. "I can show you
plenty who are violating the law worse
than I am."
"If I were looking for burglars," re
sponded the cop, "your proposition y,
might Interest me. But I don't need
any help in ketching motorists."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The small boy who won't fight Is al
ways nagging at little girls.
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conservation.
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