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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
HEAvEs.
4 Disease TO which Horses Are Subject,
and How to Cure ~.

4 Disease TO which Horses Are Subject,
n How TO Curc u.
llcavcs Is a frequent disease Of
horses, and this Is n good season to UNI
derstand II and the causes and manner
Of prevention. In nearly every case II
Is caused by irritation Of the mir pas
sagcs by dust from the hay; another.
hut rarcr. cause Is indigestion. 50 tAat
II Is seen that feeding has the most to
do with Il. There Is hut one remedy.
aud that Is prevention. From the nature
Of the disease curt is beyond the art or
skill Of the surgeon, and although II
may be considerably cascd and relieved
by suitable feeding, yet the trouble will
return on the first %proyocation. II Is
unnecessary to particularizc the means
Of prevention; these suggest Themselves
when the causes ar known. Avoiding
dusty food Of all kinds. musty grain OF
hay, or breeding from diseased horses
uor the disease Is easily inhcritedl arr
the chief preventive measures. Moist
encd food given In small quantities. and
therefore Of nutritious kinds; with stten.
ton to keeping the system loose and
open. aud ARE TO avoid excessive cxer-
ton. will afford such relief that thu
trouble will wholly disappear for the
time being. This subject is one well
worth attention. now that popular n.
gard Is drawn to the frequency If CLAN.
ders. for there j. no doubt that thu
poisoning II the blood from long con.
iinucd difficult aud restricted rrspira
ton will tend To produce this disease a.
preliminary TO lung consumption, or a.
q direct cause " death; the final effect
Of an insufficient suppl, of air through
the lungs being precisely the same a.
that Of impure air. and impure air Is 4
well.known provocative of both fairy
and CHAMBERS ~ J. Times.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
COOKED ROOD FOR SWINE.
II Pays Always 10 Cook Hog Food, aud
Especially In Cold Weather.

n Pays Always 10 Cook IIog-rood. aud
Especially In Cold Weather.
The cost Of pork is greatly lessoncd
By cooking tho food for the hogs.
Wormy apples, small potatoes, etc,
will pay handsomely for the trouble II
cooking. Ills the greatest fault Of our
pork production, that we feed corn al
most exclusively This monotonous diet,
rich in oil, must icopardile health. 1t
is rs II u man ate nothing but fat meat
or c%orn-brcad. Tho value Of cooked
food does not depend altogether upon
its nutritious contents. In cold weather
much good Is done by feeding hogs
heated food. II warns up the body,
and stimulates the digestive organs TO
vigorous action. 1t pays always to
warm slops In cold weather. The main
reason farmers do not feed moro cooked
food to their swine, is fancicd labor and
trouble Of preparing 1t. A good utcnsil
is II large iron kettle. swung upon two
poles Of sufficiently strong wood. The
bail * removed, and n piece Of chain,
forming u loop u foot long, Is passed
through each eye Of the kettle. and over
tho respective pole. Tho poles are
| placed on forkcd sticks, set IN the
ground. The poles should be- parallel.
and rs far apart rs arr the eyes Of tho
kettle. Place near tho kettle a large,
light trough. made Of two.inch pine
boards, which may BIO situated in a
small lot separated from the hog lot By
u fence with n small gate. Old broken
fence rails make excellent, cheap fuel;
thoy ignite readily. give n quick. hot
tire, and o . die down. When tho
cooking Is done, rake the fire to one
side, and bring the trough partially
under the kettle on that side from which
the fire has been removed. Raise the
pole from that side ont Of the crotches.
and let Il down. This will tilt the
kettle ON the edge of trough. aud most
OF the food will be deposited In Il; the
balance Is easily scoopcd out with u
board or pan. When only one pole Is
used, It Is difficult TO get the cooked
food into the trough. After the food
has cooled sufficiently. open the gate In
the fence, and let the hogs In To the
feast. Managed in this way, the labor
of cooking a kettle Of food can be done
In five minutes. and the only expense Of
making tho ration Is q few pieces Of
old rails. -d american dgricnitHriSt..
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17


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U. IHrIl HfY nY IfuhI.
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tUIpU lfan frf fmai hrrD
l. IUiu fl1H mD HluuIy bt lln
h+0 tI.u pIl hIu bow I lJtHi
Jl In|Ur md tUl
Yu IH-H made 30 ulIIn lgHt. ~
JOB. WI.u luu pro-. ui.dulD.s %l0l''rf
NJ recommendation LnrW ihHi sou
Hffr wnrfpu. and NfitN essen though
ntINf. Thought differently ihYn Tor
a,u.i.mD hulHu ihli IN anime loyrd
fYH. ImI ! turH i.ul, WIN lut foolish
iirna NJ rIIfllfY boz would NOT marry
pom after sour refusal NJ ihr challenge
unIr" 'ou ~uli dp something ~ 70
deem fpur.rH
Ju anime and ! wore married with
gIrli ceremony AT oi tho noighb0ri
wHru Invited Whole calves we're bar.
honurd md, II seemed, whole dislill-
cries wrrr turned lDosc. shortly after
our mnrflnR", we moved ~ Little Rock,
iten q lD1rshing town My business
pro p"frl, aud, within i've years, !
owned a wei furnished house.
Dne day, about SIX years after on
removal 10 Little Rock, jasper Patter-
-pn. with whom ! had been intimate
during the days Of my courtshIp, pnit
me q visit ! was delighted TO see him
and late nj night, he and ! snt In the
library, talking over old times, rs w'
termed the first days Of M acquaint
nnc", The lamp was burning low w,
sat by the fireplace. My wife had gon,
to bed thought, but ! afterwards dis
covered that she was doing on the sofa
II ncycr saw anything work 5,
WE'LL said Jasper. "You not only 50
cured n wife, but It made you a hero
Your wife has ncTor suspected any
thing, has shep''
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

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pYHa. whifrior drills mDwfu, resp
sr. ap1 nfl 0HiIif a. fhfn.hof stand
Ing b, fHa lido ~ hlfnsfHf M where
NIrY aafe u.ri hul and where ihey
will pflfabIY rmiin 300 wanted mr. me-
lyniu lho Western States md Terri
fYflrt Hfa q pfcni cDuntf{. nnd they dg
hu mas ihfrn iu large way The farm.
,0i there nfo gront hands f0r buying
TOOLS Hud they must needs hny0 n lhrge
. place iu store ihom but their broad, m.
fenced lots nre o little too large Tools
would be- bolior m 10 snugger quarters
and under o Tight roof, II u he only Of
bonrlt Upon asking tho ownofs II
those exposed tools why they do not
house them J have sometimes been
answered that ID costs moro for buildings
~ shelter them than ~ buy new tool.
Though rach answers mas have been
sincere. | do not believe they Are true.
IN many II the newly settled l0cnlaties.
lumber Is scarce and high, but tool.
are also costly The price of one eSlra
mower would pay for lumher enough
~ shelter all the tools needed for a
half section II land for a long series OF
years, and would save ia cost many
times over In the preservation Of other
tools than the mower. Ia say nothing
NJ loss Of time, and trouble and ycxation
upon finding the exposed implements
ont of order when wanted for use. Foi
all implements composed wholly Ol
partly Of wood with joints in them
hot sunshine and dry winds ara ncarll
ns injurious as rain. Clouds may dc
some good by protecting tools againsl
the stn, but | very much doubt th'
propriety or necessity Of using them I,
the extent practiccd in some parts o.
the West. | have noticed that TN
dairymen who shelter their lower anC
other valuable tools under the clouds,
and stable their COWS under the SAM,
cover, are always among those who Sal
clarifying doe, not pay and who nr'
always having losses in their stock
and u deal Of bad luck in other ways
Men who are 80 obliyious Of their owl
welfare rs 10 suffer heavy los.c, con
tinually by ncglccling to care for theI
T, tools. will be- neglected. Of their inter
csls In other respect, as well, and b.
very sure 10 bee b~ohindhand and Away
; in trouble. On the other hand, Their
Is no better evidence 81 independence
Intelligence, and thrift. than 10 see
farmer tools and animals all snugl,
protected against mfayorablc weather
h. irioii, 10 National lire Sioc
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
a Dog That Eats sponges.

Nassau dogs are the most fearful and
wonderful productions Of nature. They
have a wis,ful. hungry look about the
eyes, and an all-gonc thin appearance
about the ilanks that gives ,hcm an air
Of feeding ON wind and the air in q
dead calm. But we have q dogherc GU
the place that goes a little ahead Of
anything In the dog line | ever saw.
lie belong. 10 the cook. and the boys
say they arr SURF whether hc Is a
snake or q dog. he Is ~ thin. lie Is 4
eur Of the currcst Kind. black and gray.
hut an ailcctinnatc little rascal. aud a
good watchdog. for he banks At night
on the smallest provocation. His name
Is Jack You know down here spongcs
arc rs plenty as apples ut home. They
wash dishes with them. aud Use them
for every imaginable purpose. ~ there
arr always bits Of old sponge living
about You might 60 out in my back
yard and pick up q half hnshel Of them
In ten minutes. Well. Jack eat.
spongrs. OF course YOU will laugh at
this; but | pledge NV solemn wori that
went out into the yard one day aud
saw Jack eating n sponge. and hc
seemed to enjoy T. No doubt his idea
was Ia IRAN himself full o. sponge.
then 90 OIL somewhere and take a bic
drink u water. aud thus swell himself
out 10 n respectable wCll-fcd size.
have respected Jack morc ctcr since
N. n Unlas.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

One Of the effects Of unr prcsen,
high pressure style Of living j. To cause
an increased development Of the ner.
Vous system. which Is SURF to be trans.
mitted in a greater or les degree. Civ.
ing to the children Of coming gencn.
tIohs m ahnpTmal Susceptibility ~ the
nervous system. yd rendering them
unable 10 bear with safety those bur.
dsns u life which. under ordinary cir.
cuml,anees, are nui Injurious 10 a well-
balanced mind Sleep i the rest II the
brain. and : never more essential 10
mental integrity than during the form
alive period of life DR. W. L. Balsr.
N Josrnai Of Edscaf,oa.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
a PATRIOTIC GERMAN.
Hound Ia ic an American, lie Eats .
rumpkin watermelon Fashion.

bound Ia nc nm American, lie Fats u
rumptln watermelon Fashion.
"Yot dot again?' inquired Mrs.
Gacrtncr Of her husband. Carl, the
saloon-kccper nj Eighth and Spruce
streets, yesterday. ~ Carl, ut the end
Of o heavy dinner Of s%aucrkraut and
pork, set down n big brownish-yellow
sphere ON the table,
"Dot7 w. dot is n pumpkin"
"und yot is u pumpkin yct?'
"Ncll. I heardt il vas for America
like snucrkraut for Germany. Every
body on Danksgiiln' Day eats dot"
Nit yatP"
EMIT itself yus,. You TAX, de knife
und YOU cut him 50 und den ym schlich
him ~ und 80 und 50 uud so
'Und den YOU cook him?''
Cook him! MOI you eat him al.
rctty.
'Rawp"
''lcs. Wy not9 Like ,atcrmrllioncn."
"Achl VI. Like vatcrmcllionen.'
Eat yet a bicco oncc9''
"Ncin."
'llumpl It's new. llulda yust dem
election pcforc | was natural5e I'd. You
! know vat | vas yet An Ame lean droo
und droo Ind Huldag'
"lrs, Carl
II will eat desc pumpkin 81 ! die for
it"
I'm init YOU. Carl
Ten minutes later. Carl"
"lrs. llulda.'
I'VE pccn done H."
I've done il. Hulda.'
Nine O'Clock last night.
carl. OH Carl, run for a doctor OF
I'm dead"
IT cant. llulda. Ach. himmcl, W
did We 10 it9 I'm dead alrctty yet"
Midnight Dr. Frederick Stolzkopf
Of No a2g South Ninth street: ''rhcy
will recovc in q few days. It was /
natural mistake. arising out Of mis-
directed patriotism" - Philadelphia
Times.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

The new annsthotic, hydrochlorats
Of cocaine, was used for the first time
in the Maine general hospital recently
upon a patient seyenty-ilye years old.
The operation, which was the removal
Of a secondary cataract, was q brilliant
success, the patient feeling no pain
whatever. -B0si0n journal.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

About two years ago a prominent GU.
yeu IN Chicago was tod by bis physicians
that be must die, Thoy said bis system
VIVA 30 debilitated that there wa nothing
loft 10 build on. he made up his mind W
try n now departuro.p lie got some O,
Df. Pierco's Golden Medical Discovery"
and took il according 10 directions lio
hogan 10 improve az once. He kept up INC
treatment for some months, aud Is to-day !,
well man. lie says tho " Discovery" saved
his life.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

The village was, indeed. small. but.
rs the Judge said, thcr, wns a future
Eesern IT, There was cyidcutl, not,
mueA,p q past behind Il. The court
house NOD jail were log structures. very
much alikS In appearance, ! thought.
Tho business houFes were small. and
seemed TO h. fitted up with the skins VI
animals. decided to locate. Office,
were few, hut after much persuasion. |
found room with the county clerk. A
boarding ouse whs the neat question.
This vas even more difficult than find.
ing an Office.
"ioung man. said the Judge. III
yon don't mind the distance. YOU can
board at my house and ride In every
day."
was delighted. and shook the Judge
with q tight grasp Of gratitude.
| was anxious to know what Jassa.
mine would think. whether mr. not she
would Ike the idea of admitting u
boardcr, and. especially II she would
like the thought Of my being that
boarder. That evening | found her
alone In the sitting. room Her face
showed no surprise when / told nor
Il hone YOU have no objections aid
!. disappointed.
ZIP WHY should | have. Whatever
father docs 4 right
..Don't yon pct very tired ~ ii,inc
here In the woolsp"
'Oh. suppose We al get tirrd living
auVuhara IL l. IA. tvf,H eaftaa H.
,hs ,hode ma, n,.9 as NV Mi," . rasn1I man
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

Late one evening Iassaminc and |
were sirolling Ia the woods not far from
Der fathers house bad not spoken
TO her Of love since the time IT her re.
fusal. ] knew that she would never
alter her decision. fur snaid re.d A..
termination In every expression u her
face
lie. " return We have walked far
eresrh"
NO. lst us e. 10 The brow % the hin
and loak down IN the river"
had scarcely finished tho rrmark
vhsn foaF men spsang Irom behind an
J snofmous log Zach one worc a mask.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

AS a practical joke on q young pc
lice officer Of S~tatesyille. neal Raleigh,
n. C.. two Of his friends jumped sud.
denly from a tree, the other night. and
demanded his surrender. He quickly
fired upon them, seriously, II not fatal.
Is. wnnndtnR both men.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

Victims of youthful indisGetbns suffer-
ing from nervous debility, lack Of self-con.
fdencc, impaired memory, and kindred
symptoms, should send thrcelctter stamps
for large illustrated treatise, diving means
OF certain cure, with numeBus testimo.
mails. Address Worlds Dispenary Medical
Association, Buffalo, u. Y.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

Tng sisiament W W. Hamnel v. cofi
pfarilcal aHl Analytical Chemist wash
lagtDg, w. g.. feadai " hed star tvuhh
ono Il entirely free frOn all 1Piatesi w
sons aud emetiea. n " an original e0iuui.
nation N the best remedial agents. 800 "
a. harmless ~ u 10 elective
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

Some one has found that by con.
hning a hull hy an open window.
where he could see people and what
vas going on. he Sas taHied aud made
tractahle, whep be had been wild and
dangerous. lie thinks shutting them
in close stables alone i the Gauss u
many animals ferocity Ssn Fran.
essee CArvascie
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

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fbalt afr fund mDfH dHfials ~
W. gssf.fa ~ f1fdpf seed afrhali
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a.dwafs sH "a concrete bed Wiih ho'
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

No storm BE- been found crossing
da Atlantic if0m cost 10 we't ~
moving from our Allnnlc coast W.
plaI6 beyond ihe MsilfIppi " J.
FHu.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

No SAVER REMEDY can be had for
,ougbs and Colds, thar "Br0lpn's BrOn-
chidl TrOohes." Sold only In boxes. 2jcts'
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
A.,,ter IIfe saved.

IAN aelsad with disgust, said the dafky
whose hat vas blown away by The vim
Waterloo DbaffgeT,
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

EvERYTmTNG is ndulternted. Even boy,
Of sixteen are a~dult-he-ratcd. Whttehdll
Times.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
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tHRep ihe kldnsya healthy yin bop
bitafa aD6 y0n need not fsaf sickness"
lis uaief 4 rendered harmless and
m,se feffeahlng and fesifinf with hop
bltBfs 10 each dfaught'
-gTbe yirm Of youlh for Tho aged and IN
lfm IN hop bliiefsiU
~ change of lfe nothing equals
ln6p iHiisfs ~ allay ell Troubles lhoihentt
Thereto" y
-aThe host periodical IN ladies 10 Aks
wonthiy. and ffom which they will fetelyu
iin g~reatest benefit i hop hittsfs."
lMnhen with AIckly, %fretful, nursing
children. Will cure the children and bels1t
,hsmseIses by taking hop bItters daily.
-Thousands die annually from s0me form
n tldnev diacasa that might haye been pro
vented by q timely use Of hop bltters.
indigestion, weak stomach, lfIegulafF
tes Of the bowels, can not exist whom hop
bltters are used.
} A timely 80. use Of hop
I DIttars will keep a whole family
In robust health q year nj q little cost
J TO produce real genuine sleep and
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

TO produce real genuine sleep and
chlld-llke repose all light, take q littls hop
bitters On retiring.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

COS1lMPT Of court-The way tho old
mso fees when the daughters lover fingers
into the mall hours.-BOSt0n S'dr'
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

Tat she ia frail, often In body,
""Tis true, us truo, us q pity.
And pity 'tis, It's true
". Plerce's "Favorite Prescription" u
TIE ast restorative tonic for physical frail-
~ iLwomen, or female weaknesses or de,
ranguents. BY druggists. Price reduced
10 VuldolaT.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17

Asiatie Cholera, 49, sS;,s,, S'; e;
era Romeiy In from . b 5 doses. Warranted
W. &. LEyNfs MED, Co, VIA Rapids. Mich
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09
ARMADILLOS.
Pecunarlties of the Mail-Clad Warriors OF
Nature.

PecunarIties OF the Mail-Clad Warriors OF
Nature.
The armadillos are the mail-clad war.
riors of nature; and the most completed
ly-armored of the whole odd family of
armadillos is beautifully -ornamented
little fellow called by the naturalists
Tolypentes, and by the Brazilians
"bolita. "Bolita" means "little ball."
and the armadillo was so named be.
cause it has the power of rolling itself
up into the shape of ball. Its various
shields are so arranged that when the
bolita rolls itself up it makes perfect
ball or hard shell.
A traveller in Brazil tells of watching
some little children at play tossing a
large ball, about the size of football.
When they were tired of the game they
threw the ball on the ground, and
to his surprise it turned into an animal
and ran hastily away. 1t was one OF
these little armadillos.
The same traveller says that he has
seen these animated balls used by lit
tie child in playing with a kitten. The
game may have annoyed the bolita, but
it could not have caused it any injury
because of the perfect protection af-
forded by its armor.
1t has need of all the protection it can
have, for it lives in a land where the
mschievous monkey is plentiful. Any
body who has seen monkeys teasing
each other will be able to gain some
idea of the torment the slow-wtted
armadillo must undergo as it is passed
about from one to another of party of
monkeys. When Tolypentes is set
upon by the frolicsome monkeys, how
ever, it suddenly curls up, and is safe
within itself. The baffied tormentors
turn it over and over, looking in great
astonishment for the tail they know
must be there. If Tolypentes had any
sense of humor, he would certainly
laugh heartily within his shell at the
chattering, grinning crowd.
As the bolita, like the other armadil-
los, burrows in the earth, it has forefeet
suitable for that work. Its toes are
armed with long and hard claws, which
enable it to dig with wonderful quick
ness. Instead of walking upon the flat
part of its front feet the bolita walks
upon the tips of its toes and in doing
so looks comically dainty and mincing.
At the same time it can move with con-
siderable swiftness.
The armadillos live only in South
America, and are all small in size COM
pared to the gigantic armadillo that
lived ages ago. The largest now living
is not more than three feet long, while
that of former ages was as large as a
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