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iiigpgii 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. 0-■ " - 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 1^ 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. P°\QEWLD mints a\\ sa A 1 • fK\ \\ • vJk ( ><>!< 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.