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To Drive Ani rout the Lru.
Fine coal ashes sprinkled about the
burrows of ants will cause them to
leave. Ashes may be used on the
lawn without injury to the grass.
Sifted ashes are best, but those fresh
from the stove, shaken from the stove
shovel. will answer the purpose very
well— Ladies’ Homo Journal.
Scubby Potato#**.
Some one expresses an opinion that
the scab on potatoes is worse where
the ground is packed solid or is al
lowed to crust over. If thi is true it
should he less abundant where a
strawy manure Is used than where
commercial fertilizers are used, which
is not often the case. A soil made
loose and porous by having green rye
cr a heavy grass sward plowed under
just before the seed is planted will
grow potatoes free from scab almost
invariably, but we think that the de
caving vegetation kills the fungus that
causes the scab.
CJood Pure Bred Sheep.
The country is full of good grades.
They are what most breeders must
content themselves with. In the great
majority of instances they are ju3t
as profitable to the owners, and in
many cases even more so than the
best. Not quite as much money is in
volved possibly, there is far less risk
in breeding and raising, and in the
end just as much percentage of profit.
It would be out of the question to at
tempt to limit such a class of sheep
within certain cash values. There is
far too much difference in the various
breeds. It would seem, however, that
S4O to SSO ought to buy a ram good
enough for the average pure bred
flock. There are hundreds bought and
sold for less. The superfine is a class
that does not materially effect the
average farmer, and sheep breeder.
In prices this class has practically no
limit. It is made up of sheep of the
best quality and are consequently
vhat may be called the “best” in
sheep breeding. Their excellence lies
in qualities that are far beyond mar
ket values.
Mixing: Fertilizers at Home.
There is one advantage in mixing
fertilizers at home, that if one has a
definite idea of the elements most
needed in his soil, or by those crops
he intends to grow, he can use them
in such proportions as he wishes, with
out buying such as are not needed.
He can also usually buy the raw ma
terial at such prices as may save him
the usual commission paid to the
agents, and the cost of bagging, and
put into his pocket also -the price
charged for the mixing. A part of the
two first items is more imaginary than
real, however, as the dealer wants
profits on the material, as he would
have on the manufactured goods. But
if the farmer decides to do this we
advise him against the buying of raw
phosphatic rock or bone, and mixing it
with sulphuric acid. The carboys of
acid are unpleasant things to handle,
as the acid burns clothing or flesh
wherever it touches them, and rail
roads charge high rates of freight on
them, because of the danger of break
ing in transportation. It is better to
buy the acid phosphate 14 to 16 per
cent strong.
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Sun Hath for Hone*.
Sunshine is needed *o keep horses
in vigorous health and spirits. To
keep them shut up in a dark stable
month in and month out is not the
right treatment. Joseph Cairn Simp
son gives as one cause of the superior
ity of California horses the vivifying
effects of the rays of the sun of that
climate. He claims that the superior
nerve force of California horses is at
tributable in a large measure to the
bright rays of the sun. In his natural
state the horse has abundant light
and fresh air and bright sunshine.
When deprived of these he necessarily
loses a part of his vigor.
In connection with every stable
there should be a lot protected in win J |
ter as much as possible from the pene
trating winds in which stable horses
may be turned to obtain sun baths and
pure air and needed exercise—
whether the horses are driven or not.
In this lot they can roll and disport
themselves at pleasure. In warm days
a couple of hours enjoyed by each
horse daily will prove very healthful
*nd invigorating. The Rural World
most earnestly recommends to stable
men the necessity of a lot on the south
dde of the stable if possible, into
which horses may be turned on pleas
nnt days to secure sun baths and
fresh air and freedom from restraint.
Coleman's Rural World.
Feeding; Stock on Short nation*.
It is an easy matter to feed stock
when fodder is plenty, but when there
58 a shortage, it becomes a serious
matter with farmers of how to length
en the haymow and what stock can
best be sold. It is generally unwise
t° sell young stock which will soon
come Into profit, yet this is often done.
A few good facts on this subject are
•aid down by Secretary B. Walker Mc-
in a recent bulletin of the Maine
J °ard of agriculture, who says:
Rigid selection must be the motto of
jhe successful stock feeder. Let us
°ok our herds over carefully, remem
bering that a good animal is cheap at
an - v Price and that a poor animal is
p ear at any price. Select accordingly,
"lace the noor ones on the market to
•he best possible advantage, either for
they will bring as they are, or
by feeding and selling ourselves.
Purchased grains must, of course,
r ome into use. but they must be pur
chased and fed judiciously. Let the
[•hots, the vegetable wastes and every-
thing about the farm do their full
share in supplementing the nays and
straws of the farm. Do not forget
that an ounce of digestible food nu
trients in straw is as valuable as it
is in the best of hay and that if the
straw is fed so that it is readily eaten,
its full value will be secured.
Let us not forget that every thing
that grows upon the farm that has
any food value can be used to good
advantage if properly fed, that in
nearly every instance where trouble
from using any of these articles the
fault is with the feeder and not with
the food. At prices that often prevail
oats are an economical grain ration.
They make the best of food for build
ing bone and muscle, and for making
milk. Cornmeal is the cheapest pro
ducer of beef. A combination of the
two, with small amounts of cottonseed
or gluten added, will make the best
and most economical purchased grain
ration. Where the silo is filled with
well-eared corn, the grain bill will be
reduced and the full number of ani
mals can be maintained.
Destruction of Weed*.
According to a bulletin issued by
the department of agriculture interest
is being shown at a number of agri
cultural experiment stations in the
possibility of weed destruction by
.means of chemicals. It is said that
as long ago as 1895 it was found at
the Vermont station that the orange
hawkseed, a serious pest in pastures
and meadows, could he destroyed
without injury to the grass by solving
salt over the land at the rate of 3000
pounds to the acre. Many experiments
have since been conducted at the
same station with other chemicals for
the eradication of weeds in walks,
drives, etc. Among the chemicals
tested were salt, copper sulphate, ker
osene, liver of sulphur, carbolic acid,
arsenic and salsoda. arseniate of soda
and two commercial weed killers, the
active principle of which apparently
was arsenic. The weeds which is was
sought to destroy were plaintains,
dandelion, chicory, ragweed, knotweed
and various grasses. All the chemi
cals were applied in solution except
the salt. As in the case of the hawk
weed experiments, salt was found ef
ficient in destroying all the weeds
when applied dry and in large quan
tity.
When salt is used for this purpose
adjacent lawns should be protected
against washing, or they may be in
jured. Crude carbolic acid, one pint
in four pints of water, applied* at the
rate of eight gallons per square rod,
was very efficient. The various arsen
ical preparations proved valauble as
weed destroyers, and choice between
them was largely a matter of expense,
“All things considered,” writes the
author of the bulletin, “the arsenate of
soda and the carbolic acid solutions
proved the most valuable chemicals
for weed destruction under the condi
tions of these experiments.”
A series of experiments in weed
destruction in fields of growing grain
has been carried on at the North Da
kota and other stations, as well as at
many places abroad. Several years
ago, in France, it was accidentally
found that a soultion of blue vitriol
destroyed charlock, or wild mustard
plants. Acting upon this, experiments
have been conducted in France, Ger
many and England, where charlock is
one of the worst weeds in grain fields,
meadows and pastures. The method
employed is to spray the crop with
solutions of blue vitriol while the
weeds are young and not too well pro
tected. While the results obtained
are in some respects conflicv.ing, the
best results have been secured when
a two percent solution is sprayed over
the field at the rate of from 40 to 60
gallons per acre. The spraying should
be done on a clear, still day, and be
fore the weeds begin to come into
flower. If a rain should fall within
24 hours or the weeds are too old a
second spraying will be necessary.
This treatment has been repeatedly
tested without permanent injury to
wheat, oats, barley and rye, while
such weeds as charlock, shepherd’s
purse, penny cress, etc., were almost
completely destroyed. No injury fol
lowed such treatment upon young
(clover growing in the grain.
At the North Dakota experiment
station a 10 percent solution of blue
vitriol was sprayed over an exception
ally weedy plat of wheat, the princi
ple weeds being charlock, wild bar
ley, wild rose, penny cress, shepherd’s
purse, wild buckwheat, lamb’s quarter
and great ragweed. The spraying
was made June 1 when the wheat was
three to five inches high, and on Aug
ust 8 all the weeds except the wild
rose and the older plants of penny
cress were dead. Some of the leaf
tips of the Vheat had been slightly
burned, but the yield of grain, it is
said, was considerably larger than
from an equal unsprayed area. On
June 20 part of an oat field contain
ing many weeds was sprayed with a
solution of one pound of copper sul
phate to four gallons of water. The
oats at the time were about six inches
high, the weeds being about the same
height.
An examination of the plants was
made on August 1, and the treated
area was free of all weeds except pig
eon grass and wild rose. The oat
plants were stalky and well stooled,
while on the untreated area the plants
were weak and failed to stool. The
crop on the sprayed portion was be
lieved to be at least one-third more
than upon the unspraved area. The
solution was employed at the rate of
40 gallans per acre.
(Bigli Art.
Picture Auctioneer —This great
landscape represents a scene near
beautiful Lake Wayback, where land
now is selling at S2OO per acre, and is
sure to rise 50 percent in the next six
months! Buy on a rising market.
What am I offered? —Chicago News.
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Start The New Century Right!
Don’t try to get along with those old fashioned,
out of date larm .mplements. What’s the use, when
our prices on up-to-date implements are so low ?
EVERY TKST^gj
for quality and durability, has been given
the machinery which we sell and recommend,
“Tried and true” makes are the only ones
good enough for our customers.
til KNIGHT
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RESTS WITH COURT
Georgia Public Property Fond
Case Argned Before Justices.
GREAT ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT
Contention In All Its Phases Exhaus
tively Presented and Re
sult Is Awaited With
... Great Interest.
The appeal brought by State Treas
urer Park from the decision rendered
by Judge John S. Candler upon the
mandamus proceeding of the governor
of Georgia requiring him to pay the
state school teachers’ warrants out of
funds now in the treasury was taken
up by the supreme court of the state
at Atlanta Thursday morning with a
full bench sitting.
The court room was crowded when
the argument began at 9 o’clock.
Many of the capitol officials were
present, also a number of distin
guished lawyers.
There appeared before the court In
behalf of Treasurer Park Hon. Wash
ington Dessau, Hon. Dupont Guerry
and Orville A. Park, of Macon; Judge
George A. Hillyer, of Atlanta, and ex-
Chlef Justice Logan E. Bleckley, of
Clarksville. Judge Bleckley submit
ted a w'ritten argument, but made no
speech before the court. Occasionally
he offered a suggestion to Mr. Guerry
while the latter was making his argu
ment.
The state was represented by Attor
ney General J. M. Terrell, who went
thoroughly and exhaustively into his
side of the case.
The general hope is expressed
throughout the state that in deciding
the case the supreme court will pass
upon every issue involved; that it
will decide the main constitutional
point in connection with the public
property fund, so that it will be set
tled for all time to come. As Treasur
er Park put it, the people want “no
avoidance, evasion or dodging,” but a
settlement of the whole question.
The attorneys on both sides in their
arguments urged the court to settle
the case from beginning to end, so
that it may be forever known whether
or not the public property fund may
be employed as is desired, or must be
kept intact in the treasury.
Mr. Dessau opened his argument
for the defense by stating the case
j generally, and then took the proposi-
I tion that the treasurer was merely a
ministerial officer and should obey
the law as he found it without rais
ing any constitutional objections.
“The treasurer says, ‘1 have no
funds with which to pay these war
rants,’ ” Mr. Dessau said. "That state
ment is not disproven and it is not
denied. But the governor says, ‘You
have the funds, the public property
fund; you can pay these warrants
from that.’ The treasurer says he can
not do that as he is forbidden to do so
by solemn convention —the constitu
tion of the state.”
Attorney General Terrell began
his argument immediately after Mr.
Dessau concluded. He opened by say
ing that it was Ben Johnson who said
that: ’ “It is unjust to condemn any
one for multiplying words, for multi
plying Is sometimes necessary.”
“Today if Ben Johnson were here,”
said Mr. Terrell, “and could see my
friends, would he not paraphrase his
words by saying, ‘lt is unjust to con
demn litigants for multiplying coun
sel, for sometimes it is necessary to
multiply.”
Mr. Terrell proceeded then upon ar
gument of the first question involved,
namely, w r hether the treasurer is a
ministerial or a judicial officer.
He said that the constitution pro
vides for the election of a treasurer,
but nowhere defines his duties.
“His duties are defined by legisla
tion,” said Mr. Terrell.
The attorney general cited sections
of the code wherein it is provided how
the treasurer shall pay out money. He
said that it can be paid out upon war
rants issued from the executive de
partment and properly countersigned
by the comptroller.
Mr. Guerry had the concluding argu
ment, and said it Avas important to
the people of Georgia that the consti
tutional question at Issue should be
determined, because it Involved a
large sum of money and future legis
lation. Unfortunately, however, he
said the distinguished attorney gen
eral had devoted about five-sixths of
his time to argument that seemed in
tended to defeat the very end sought.
He had devoted most of his argu
ment, Mr. Guerry said, to endeavoring
to show that the treasurer had no
right to raise the issues which were
now sought to be decided. Mr. Guer
ry said he hoped, however, the court
would go to the extent of its constitu
tional power in deciding all the im
portant issue* involved.
OUR AD VER TISING RA TES
ARE EXTREMELY LOW, AND
ARE A GREAT INDUCEMENT
FOR BUSINESS MEN TO PAT
RONIZE OUR COLUMNS. TRY
US.
ROBINSON SECURES BONDS.
Bid of Atlanta Man Captures Securi
ties uf Goldsboro, N. C.
In the opening bids of the Goldsboro,
N. C., township school bond issue,
amounting to $25,000, it is ascertained
that Roby Robinson, of Atlanta, Ga.,
is the highest bidder, and the school
board, by unanimous vote has award
ed him the entire issue. The bonds
bear 4 1-2 per cent interest and Mr.
Robinson bid $35,050, he to bear the
expense of engraving the bonds. They
will be issued July Ist. a here were
bidders from all parts of the United
States.
No Honor for Booker.
By a vote of 101 to 7, the African
Methodist Conference, in convention
at Harrisburg, Pa., struck out the
reference by C. W. Justin Carter, of
Harrisburg, to Booker T. Washington
as “One of the greatest negroes in the
world.”
MISW Nlltig
Poison l*s3|f
are among i'ne best known .J
of the many dangerous
wild plants and shrubs. (yU/y W
To touch or handle them
quickly produces swelling i Mmm
and inflammation with in
tense itching and burning Jq/£srfv~v.
of the skin. The eruption
soon disappears, the suf- v(/7p/
ferer hopes forever; but N '~v
almost as soon as the little blisters and
pustules appeared the poison had reached
the blood, and will break out at regular
intervals and each time in a more aggra
vated form. This poison will loiter in the
system for years, and every atom of it
must be forced out of the blood before you
can expect a perfect, permanent cure.
Nature's Aniidote
Is#idi Nature's Poisons,
is the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison
Ivy, and all noxious plants. It is com
posed exclusively of roots and herbs. Now
is the time to get the poison out of your
system, as delay makes your condition
worse. Don’t experiment longer with
salves,washes and soaps—they never cure.
Mr. ,H. M. Marshall, Ixiokkeepcr of the Atlanta
(Ga.) Gas j.ight Cc., was poisoned, with Faison
Oak. lie took Sulphur, Arsenic nud various
other drugs, and applied externally numerous
lotions and salves wit hno benefit. At times the
swelling and iutlammatiou was so severe he was
almost blind. For eight years the poison would
break out every season. His condition was much
improve i after taking one bottle < f S. S. S., and
a few bottles cleared his blood of the poison, and
all evidences of the disease disappeared.
People are often poisoned without
knowing when or how. Explain your case
fully to our physicians, and they will
cheerfully give such information and ad
vice as you require, without charge, and
we will send at the same time .n interest
ing book on Blood and Skin Diseases. (
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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( ><>!< ii*<‘ in rurior.
The up-to-datv psrlor, no matter
how handsome the ot.hei furnishings,
is not considered compete without
a bookcase.
Itarnitig; Sioekingii.
Stocking darning is to many persons
a trial, but it ts only so because the
right way to go about it, which is
the easy way, is not known. Im
mediately a stitch breaks it should be
mended, by threading a needle with
ordinary cotton or siik and running
the thread up and down for pome dis
tance; this stitch in time prevents the
stocking becoming unsightly in ap
pearance. If the stocking is an ex
pensive one it may be repaired with
a crochet hook by crocheting up oa
the cross lines, as you would chaia
stitch, using the cross lines one at
a time, instead of a thread. When
nicely done the place will not shew at
all.
When the hole is a large one, ell
ragged or thin edges should be cut
away so that you may have a clean
cut surface about the hole; make tt
square or oblong. If the stocking ta
cotton it should lx> mended with darn
ing cotton; if woolen, it should be re
paired with yarn. Use a long nerd la
with a sharp point and large eye. Use
the thread single, especially with t!i©
first line of stitches, which should l>a
begun first by running the thread all
round the hole about a quarter of aa
inch from its edge. l.et the stitches
he even and fairly close together; tha
cross row of stitches should be- taken
over and under the first row backward
and forward. No thread should ba
missed. —American Queen
Tle WelMlqiiiitprd Kilvlien.
The well-equipped kitchen is not
necessarily that which haw the largest
supply of coquille or ramekin dishes,
to say mrthing of timbales ami bor
dermoulds. It may even boast a kitch
en thermometer among its accoutre
ments and still be found wanting in
many of the homely commonplace's
that arc a prime necessity. The young
inexperienced housekeeper, when
turned loose in a household supply
store, is likely to find herself totally
at a loss as to what she will nerd
and what she may get along without,
fer experience is the only thing that
will teach her. It is a funny fact, too,
that the simplest, most easily obtained
kitchen necessities are often those for
the want of which the housekeeper
will struggle along with a makesliilt
and subject herself to inconvenience
day after day. Take, for instance, the
kitchen holder as an example. It need
not cost much of anything except a
little time in the making and every
one might have enough cl those little
squares of folded cloth on hand to
keep her always supplied. But no,
the average woman keeps on u£ing the
dish towels in lifting hot pans from
the stove or scorching tins from the
oven. She shortens the life time of
those towels, and runs the risk of burn
ing her own fingers while she takes it
out in wishing she had some holders.
She might even buy already made and
stitched, hut that isn’t the way of Ibe
ordinary woman. Both she and her
maid servant seem to prefer th other
way of doing, the maid even looking
with a friendly eye upon the corner of
an apron as a first-rate substitute for
a holder. In some cases the house
keeper who prides herself upon her
great regard fo,r cleanliness will re
tain one or two old holders in service
with no apparent, regard for the fact
that they should pay a visit to the
laundry department.—New York Sun.
fizc/pes
Spice Cake—One cupful of light
brown sugar, one-half cupful of butler,
, two large eggs beaten separately, <;ne
half cupful of sour milk, one-half tea
spoonful of soda, one teacupful of chop
ped raisins, one teaspoonful of cloves,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon, a litlle
grated nutmeg; *add flour to make a
moderately stiff batter. Bake in cue
loaf.
Codfish in Egg Cups—Let salt cod
fish, picked in bit3 (not shredded.)
stand over night in cold water, then
drain and wring out all the water.
To each fourth of a cup of fish add
half a cup of cream or thin white
sauce aud a beaten egg. Turn into
a buttered cup, or egg poacher, and
cook standing in boiling water until
nearly firm. Th“ water should not
boil. Serve in the cups or turn from
them, as desired.
Lemon Fingers—Trim the crust
from a loaf of fresh bread; put the
bread into a large butter pot or scup
tureen and surround with lemon peel.
Take a generous lialf-cnp of fresh but
ter, roll in grated lemon rind and wrap
in wax paper, put it also in tureen and
cover close. Let stand in a cool place
over night. When making the fingers
beat the butter to a cream: add tbo
juice of one lemon and a tablespoon
of chopped parsley. Sprtad on the
bread, put together like sandwiches
and cut in fingers. Also very nice
made with orange. Thc.-e fingers are
the latest fancy on lur. heon an.-J
table.
A tradesman at Alzen Germany, was
recently sentenced to L't holm’’ im
prisonment for reading a newspaper
in court during the trial ef a case.