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I,ollinp the Tongue.

7. ID. Borders. Brooksville. Miss.-Mrs
NJ l.. whiteside, writing from Virginia,
complains of n habit her horse has of
lollinc or protruding fts tongue and asks
for a remedy. If she will procure a loz-
once or diamond-shaped piece of sole
leather seven inches from point to point
lonsitudinally and three inches i'm width
M the broadcast point, lay a straight bar
hit i'm the middle of the leather and bring
the points together, sewing 1t on the bit
SO il cannot turn and sewing up the sides.
she will have a bit which when placed in
the mouth with this pointing toward the
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To W. c. White. Browns Ala.-The
formula for irish potatoes given In reply
to w. l.. Hancock. Kathleen. tia., In inc
Issue Of January Sth win answer very
well for your land. on the black land j,
would be well to leave out one-foUrth OF
one-third Of the nitrate. or zou might
use 600 pounds of cotton meal and lV
pounds of nitrate. applying the latter
plants when just cleverly up and workine
il in at first cultivation. The formula
for cotton given in same issue IN reply
to A. Brown. Dolomite, Ala. Is also rec
commanded for NOur section.
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Broom Corn Culture.

J. r. Brown. Scottsboro. Ala want
20 buy the book recently advertised In
your paper on the growth and culture of
broom corn Please give me the address
or have dealer send me the book.
swer-If the book you refer TO was
advertised the dveItisement probably
stated whore cor s,opld ba had and the
price l have REPEATEDLY informed IN
uurcrs that a book IN the subject en-
titled Broom Corn and Brooms' could
bc had of Orange Judd Co. New YORK.
tDr "A .tnnts
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recently introduced no this country
There are two species # smut that at
tack these imported urieties. both or
which destroy the head. Possibly soak
Ing the seed in DluestOEe a. We do Wnt nc
-.4..d a~idi with ~vs.aar no hottie
than 1$j degrees, and then planting Nt
land that has no, before grown thr
diseased Sorghum might get rid of tne
spores and eradicate the fungus. Ask
Professor u. S. Newman. Of your expert
about il and send me his reply.
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Stable Manure and Acid Phosphate

A. Jackson, Rahneville. Mlss.-I. L am
going TO plant five acres in cotton this
year and plenty of stable manure to put
ON it. Would IL pay me to buy acid phOs-
phate ana SAINT to put under IL.
? What kind of cotton would be tie
best for this secuon2 My land is sanuy
ridge landJ
Answer. (See preceding letter. If
you really have plenty" OF stable manure
you can afford to buy acid phosphate to
put With 1t and l would do It. You might
mix 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 90
or 90 pounds OF kainit with 2 or tons OF
stable manure and apply that much to
that the three ingredients be mixed be-
fore applying them. open the burrows for
bedding, dave wagon or cart along the
rows and throw the manure into the fur
row directly for the wagon. Then scatter
the phosphate and kainIt on the manure
ana mix 10y running one narrow scooter
furrow through the whole, and then bed
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-01-29

throat will absolutely preclude the horse
getting out his tongue. This remedy IS
extremely simple. thoroughly humane out
perfectly efficient. The idea IS got from
",loason's Horse Book" which Is COM
rnende5 10 her or any one desiring cheap
TOR
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SORGHUM Failing To Make Seed.

]. X. r.. Rock Hql. S. C:.Please Gde
40 tbera "a any for the failure OF sor-
rb,im cane to make seed. Last year on
q patch of about one acre that We plant
Oh there was not more than peck or
eeed some of the heads never came
ont of the boot at all. while others came
out. but failed to mature the seed. the
Ioef cron was a rttle better than the
one before The silver r'nd was the
kind PLANTED Does this disease attack
an Of the finer varieties of SORGHUM?
Answer-It is probably a defect in the
variety, hut of this | am by no means
certain. | do not recall any disease ex-
cent sorghum smut which has hereto
fore been confined to foreign varieties
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Gravel.

j. W. McDougal, Highland. Miss.-I see
that Mr.. L. r. Hodge. Louisiana, wants a
cure for gravel. L can give a sure cure.
/ have tried It. 1t is as follows: Balsam
and inter any doctor can tell; give accord
ing as you would to a man and repeat the
dose If It does not give relief.
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Lame Mule.

To J. A. c.. DeFuniak Fla.-From the
description ! cannot say what causes the
Iameness. Find out the seat OF the lame
ness and battle it three times day with
bot salt water half hour at a time. Ihen
ri1h once a day with any good liniment.
Don't work him while lame in the least.
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Cotton Seed

Ruszeirs Big Boil Prolific. finest tyre =
INLAND. { b1ishel. s so; bushels. IS p. 2
bushels $40. 3 pounds. mail. 75c-
Water melon-The LAG pound Triumph roc
pound: o. ounce.
Contour early Mammoth White Field Wa
please all silver Mine, 81 so. peck 75c-
Oats-Burt's Extra Early Rust Proof ~
DAYS eOc bushei
For the ladies-Sweet peas. finest mixed. 80
pound. ; ounces. 25c; ounce, o. Also a--
paragus roots. Rhubarb roots. New Tomato
s,antaIouI.e ana Garden Seeds. Send for Ca-a-
logue-
MARX w. JOHNSON SEED CO.
Atlanta, Ga
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-01-29

not oftener than once IN three years. - 4
have often advised and detailed. t1e-
editorial in issue Of January etnl. YOU
have a copy Of bulletin IS. Georgia -N-
pertinent Station. Adopt the az l-e
hf rein EiNen.
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Cotton Seed and Stable Manure.

A r b., View, Miss.-I have about four
tons Of cotton seed and stable manure put
up alone, as phosphate was not available
without extra cost at the time. Which
would it pay best to use for cotton or
corn on sandy land with clay subsoil.
using commercial fertilizer with same3
Answer-In reply to the first question
you asked. II IS not at oil certain that
there is any connection of cause and ef-
feet between the present lameness of the
mule and the operation. 1t would be add
visable, however, to consult the man who
performed the operation. If competent to
do the job he ought to be able to say
whether the Iameness was thereby caused
by an examination OF the parts, and how
TO treat il.
Stable manure and cotton seed are alike
In the fact that each is a badly balanced
manure, each having an excess of nitro
gen. Mixing the two together without any
acid phosphate does not mend matters.
For corn every % bushels of cotton
seed should have 300 pounds of acid phos-
phate and possibly rs pounds of kainit If
Tor cotton every twelve bushels of seed
should have 30 pounds of acid and 90 TO ~
pounds of kalnit. The stable manure may
be mixed with the other ingredients at the
rate OF one OF TWO tons to the 30 pounds
OF acid. as the quantity is not so material.
But why not swap your seed for cotton
meaIT II YOU can exchange your seed for
meal on the same basis as can De done
In Georgia, viz, LOO pounds OF meal for
one ton OF seed, YOU Will make the value
OF 4OO pounds of meal, less the cost OF
hauling, on every ton OF seed. A ton OF
seed are about equal to SU pounds of
meal for fertIizing purposes. 1 have so
OFTEN published formulas tor COmpOsttlng
acld phosphate. muriate OF potash Cor
kainiU thar II is surprising that every one
has not seen them. tSee next articIe.)
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Fqgs Of White Leghorn Fowls.

C. W. Gilmore. Bluff Springs, Fla.
wishes to know where he can get a set
ting OF eggs Of the above breed. DO not
know. Possibly some reader can supply
them. IL SO. please write TO him and not
IN tNiS lenlrlmomt.
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Gravel

Mrs Y Suttle. Wctumpka. Ala have
horse about nine Years old Have
owned him three years and ] can't get
him good rat; he keeps ian common order
and he has II sick smell of something
what J call the gravel. Tie had q spell
about .hrce weeks ago his first spell. lie
would stretch like h. wanted 20 make
water and would look aroun~ az his sides,
law down and W9ll0w ana stretch ont on
the earth lie gets worse until he won't
stay mp. Before he got sp " he VIII
stand Stil five or ten m uu'r- ana then
hc has spell and wants to Law down
at once. Tie makes water verv well, has
only had two enal'e ~ ". What can 7
DO % cure or Sten 10 ana E@t MIN round
and fat ono OF these spells would las,
him four or five hours.
Au-wsr-Tt is bard 90 say inst what
IS tho matter wi,E your horse. II IS
probable THAI there Is either q stone iu
.he bladder. or that he has gravel Put
there IS no way 90 get stone ont OF
the bladder except 10y a very careful.
operation by am expert. IT he has gravel
it viii be manifested hy gritty part-
Giles dixie sand or fine eraveu I'm his urine.
Catch his urine IN a thin cloth spread
over "A small hoop or bucket. and see
what remains ON the cloth. If found
that ne has gravel then feed him on
soft. sloppy food and green food and
see hat the drinks none but pure freestone
waiter. IL IS possible that he has
Coucreton. or hair bah. or something Of
the sort IN his iutcsuues.
Indigestion of Mule-Worms.
r. b. Davenport. Iawley, Tex have
a mule seven years old. ne eats hearty
but / can't get him fat. He seems TO be
sluggish ana mis- hair is long and looks
bad. } think probably he has kdney trou-
bic Please tell me what To- do for him
through your paper and oblige.
Answcr-You do not give a single symp-
tom that indicates any kidney trouble
which is a very rare disease Of horses
and mules 10 is probable that he has In
digestion, more or less confirmed. and 1t
may he caused by worms.
Give him the following, al one dose,
morning and night: one dram of tartar
emctic. ] dram al pure copperas, > ounces
of Iinseed meal. Continue Tor week. Then
give "A dose of one ounce Of turpentine
and / pint Of llnseed Oil After three
weeks repeat the above course. Mean
while. during he interval between the two
coures mix up 1 ounces each OF copperas
and saltpetcr aud divide into "A powders,
and give him one every night. and CON
tinue with "a second course il necessary.
Burnt Cotton Seed.
J. H.. Bolton. Miss. Please give me
the fertiiizinS quahlles OF burnt COTTON
seed-say about three-quarters of them
charred-are they worth ~ ton to put
under cotton ana cornE
= How much acid phosphate. murlate
potash and cotton seed meal should be put
in furrow with ten or fifteen loads of rot
ted stable manure To make 1t most effec-
tive for cotton and corn.
Answer If exactly three-fourths of
each ton of seed is thoroughly charred
il is probable that the ton has lost not
less than two-thirds of its original value
for fertilzng purposes. A ton of sound
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-01-29
: Automatic Gate

1t never fails 10
work OF give sat
faction. For fail -
formation sen fer
catalogue. W. Il
Clay LexIn gton hJ
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
John Bull and the Lion.

What could ne more absurd than the
conventional types of the nations -
those types which we see and accept
almost every day? England is pecul-
iarly unfortunate. To express our ma
tiOnal characteristics we have a choice
of two figures. either burly farmer or
a lion. The British lion gets some lit
tie support from heraldry, and the ma
tional vanity is flattered by the anal
ogy of our powers to those of the king
of beasts. But otherwise how little ap-
propriateness there is in representing
us by an animal which most English
men have only seen in the degrading
captivity of a menagerie. which las
never within historical times inhabited
their islands and about which they
know almost nothing.
Considering also the chrOnically de-
pressed state of British agriculture. it
seems an ironical thing that the Brit
ish nation should be typified by farm
er. If he were a manufacturer or a
merchant or seaman, there would be
some appropriateness, but the stout
eighteenth century John Bull with
whom we are so familiar from allusiOn
and picture is being quite unknown
to us in the flesh. He Is just a good eX-
ample of the time honOred. inaccurate,
conventional type. All vigor and sug-
gestiveness have long departed from
the figure. But we are too indOlent to
replace him.-LOndOn Globe.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
A PEOPLES REPUBLICAN PARTY.
And If So, They May Control the Delaware
Convention,

State Chairman Hugh G. Browne, of
the Regular Republican State
Committee Thursday, issued call for
convention of Republicans to be held
at Dover on February 81, for the pur-
pose OF electing six delegates to the
National Republican Convention to
meet In Philadelphia, and to choose
twelve members of the State Commit
tee.
The call states that only Republicans
can vote at these primaries.
Some of the leaders say that under
the call the Addicks men can take part
IN the primary election, and should
they do so they would have big fol-
lowing IN the convention and might
control it.
The ''want to win" element in the
party is agitatlng the question of call
ing a mass-meeting to form ''Peo-
ple's" Republican party, and try to
make harmony. Such a movement
would draw more from the Regulars
than from the Union men. William
s. Hilles is said to be at the head of
the peoples" movement.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
KENT cOUNTY'S NEW OFFICIALS.
James L. WOlcOtt Succeeds John D. Haw.
kins as Attorney.

In Levy Court Thursday evening q
ueaulock occurred over the Attorney
snip OF the county, John D. Hawkins
having refused reelection. There are
elght Democrats and two Republican
members. Five ballots were taken
the vote standing at the start thus;
Alexander M. DAILY, 5; James T.
Wolcott, 3; William Penn Shocklev
=; Arley B. Mcgee, 2. On the fifth
ballot, the two Republican members
Voting for. Mr.. Wolcott, gave him the
same as DAILY. and President Truax de-
ciared the vote a tie. According to a
new law of the Levy courts, the clerk
being then empowered to cast the de-
Gliding vote, voted. Clerk Downs.
republican, sast the deciding ballot
Tor Mr.. Wolcott, and he was declared
elected.
The court elected these county Off
Gals: Physician, DIR. 7. C. Frame;
Jail Commissioners, James H. TODD.
Joseph Mcdaniel and Enock Clark
Janltor, James G. Tomlinson; Trus-
tees OF the Poor, Second district,
Thomas X. Taylor; Fourth, James
Williams; Sixth, William T. Gooden
Eight, William E. Davis; Tenth, Geo.
L. Hill.
County Solicitor, John D. Hawkins,
was vindicated by the Levy Court,
Thursday afternoon of the charge of
abstractlng or apprOpriating the
cOunty's funds.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
Howss This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
i. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
fJ. Cheney for the last Is years be,
Ieve him perfected honorable in all
business transactions, and financially "
sOle to carry out any obligation made
Sy their firm.
NEST d TRUAx, Wholesome Druggists,
Toledo, o. WALDING, KINNAN d MAR
VIZ; Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, y.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern.
aly, acting directly upon the blood
Slg mucous surfaces of the system,
5rce, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
U9gglsts Testimonials free.
nails Family Pills are the best.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
DELAWARE STATE FAIR.
the Stockholders Held their Annual Meeting
at Dover Last Week.

at Dover Last Week.
The stockholders of the Delaware
State Fair Association, held their an
nual meeting last week.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President, George A. Millington;
secretary, A. n. Brown; treasurer,
John B. Wharton; corresponding sec
retary, ManlOve Hayes; marshal, D.
NJ. Wilson; executive committee,
George A. Millington, W. G. Postles,
A. N. Brown, John B. Wharton and
Louis Schabinger; Directors, Thomas
Curry, DIR. E. S. Anderson, Hon. Ebe.
W. Tunnel, George NJ. Fisher, Mich
olson Johnson, Jabez Jenkins, John
B. Wharton, Manlove Hayes, F. B.
Clark, J. F. Salisbury, w. l.. Cannon,
W. H. Burnite, H. A. Richardson.
Hon. r. r. Kenney, William Dickson.
W. P. Cannon, r. L. Holiday. j.
Colby Smith and E. H. Bancroft.
The next fair will begin October I'd,
and continue three days. The admis-
sion fee will be reduced to 25 cents.
Every person attending the fair, even
the officers, will be required to pay the
admission fee. No tickets will be re-
quired; there will be stile gates at the
entrances to the fair grounds, and the
admission money will be paid there.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
LePShes.

1t is claimed that 3O,OOO.OOO leeches
are used annually in France and Eng
land alone. A single company in Aus
tralia used to export 100000 to 3,00O.-
600 year to Europe and America. One
Partisan capitalist affirmed that his
leech crop returned him 10 to l, and it
is recorded that the monopoly of TAX
ing leeches in Morocco was once sold
for 100000.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14

barber thus explains how he keeps
sslaersirable sl customers out of his shop;
u an outsider comes into my shop
'aa | find him undesirable, 1 get rid
= alm speedily. If he pays his check
''n quarter or over, / give him ten
teHS /: more change than is coming to
: % That generally keeps him away,
srowlers are generally mean men,
~ they stay away for fear of being
~Aea Tor the over change.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
Working Night and Day

The busiest and mightiest little that
thing that ever was made is DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar
coated globnle of health, that changes,
weakness into strength, listlesness,
into energy, brain-fag into mental
power. They're wonderful in building
up the health. Only 25c. per box.
Sold by Jas. p. Hoffecker's, Smyrna,
and T. L. Mason, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
ECOn ON V.

"Please. papa. give me a quarter to
see the big snake in the menagerie."
morris, my dear, here's the mag
nifying glass. Go look at an angle
worm. ''-Fliegende Blatter.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14

Wilmington City Council have ap--
pointed a committee to investigate the
granting of a franchise by the Street
and Sewer Department to the Univer-
sal Company, to use all the city streets.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14

DO~n to the hour of going to press,
els Is no indication that the admin
!, ars'lon no. Of the Philippines is in danger
Oelng handed over to unscrupulous
'@pes bagging politicians.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
An EDITORS Life Saved by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy.

D5II1III Cough IOeIIIeUys
During the early part of October,
1896, L contracted a bad cold which
settled on my lungs and was neglected
until | feared that consumption had
appeared in an incipient state. [ was
constantly coughing and trying to ex-
pei something which 1 could not. L
became alarmed and after giving the
local doctor a trial bought bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the
result was immediate improvement,
and after [ had used three bottles my
lungs were restored to their healthy
state. B. S. EDWARDS, publisher of
The Review, Wyant, III. For sale by
Clifton & Raymond, Smyrna; T. l..
Mason, Clayton, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
England.

EuYldnu.
England we found to be one vast
park and magnificent garden, so to
speak. 1t is not as hilly as we hai ex-
pected. Much of it is fiat or only
gently rolling, like western New York
or nothern Illinois The east coast
especially much resembles Holland.
bitches, drains, canals, windmills,
ETC., everywhere. Originally fens and
marshes, but now drained and the sea
diked out, and magnificent meadows
and pastures everywhere-the very
paradise of fiocks and herds. Indeed,
England seems like one great sheep
and cattle pasture nowadays-her grain
comes chiefly from America and Aus
ralia. There are no better farmers
than English farmers, and the land is
tiled and worked to the utmost. The
fields are are a sight to see-nOt large.
but thoroughly cultivated and cared
for. Not many fences, but chiefly
hedges and bitches; but the hedges
not high, nor so trim and slightly as
expected. Not much woodland, in the
American sense; but oaks, elms,
beeches, etc, along the bitches and
scattered through the fields, singly or
in chumps, until the whole landscape
seems parklike and beautiful. think
an English countryside has at least
three times as many trees as an Amer
lean one, and they never cut tree
down over there without planting
another. The English farm buildings
] are plain but substantial, and we saw
but few of ''the stately homes of Eng
lsnd"-the castles, manor houses, etc
1 that we hear so much of in Amer
ca. We were told they were "away
/ from the railroads" aud we would find
them ''in the next country, "etc. But,
as a rule, they did not put in an ap
/ pearance.
At Warwick, however, we struck
genuine castle-"one of the real ole
SORT" 1t is an old Norman structure
dating back to old feudal times, but if
still we'll preserved and occupied b.
the descendants of the great Earl o
Warwick liking maker" of England
centuries ago.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
American Beauties.

There are none fairer or sweeter the
world over. Uufettered and untram-
meled the American woman queens it as
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14

Lumber dealers seldom ask for
credit. They usually plank down.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14

Mrs. Mary r. Lewis Of Tanner. Gilner Soi
w Va writes; aDr. Pierce's Golden Medical
discovery 'Favorite Prescription and Pleas
s,sdirines failed, For ffteen years suffered
untold misery I had giwen up all hope OF
ever getting well. could not lie down to sleep,
ane.S was werv nervous and could hardly walk
aeras. the room. / only weighed ninety pound
~heu / commenced taking these medicines ax
yea.ss Hso. am having better health thar ever
Rssnrs After being sick so long have ehangss
y, ~ ,o5.sf and rosy cheeked have taken rnes1
nottIes each of Prescription Discovery sAu
Pellets -,
DIR. Pierce'e Pleasant Rellets act genuy
hot effectively. Women value them.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-14
ENGLAND SCOTLAND.
Countries Full of Interest to People of the
AnglO-Saxon Race.

Gen. Jas. F. Rushing of Trenton,
who was a member of the same school
as the editor of this paper 40 years ago
and who was also a school mate of DIR.
Buckley the year before at the same
school - Pennington Seminary = has
been writing him, as editor of the
Christian AdUOcate, some interesting
notes of foreign travel. The following
are brief paragraphs taken therefrom,
in reference to Scotland and England.
Scotland.
Edinburgh, L confess, was a little
Disappointing. Not so large nor so
businesslike as we anticipated; but
'beautiful for situation, with Arthur's
Seat towering above it, aud worthy of
canny Scotland. OF course we went
to the castle, and to Holyrood Palace,
and old st. Giles, and John Knox's
house and grave, and the Heart or
Midlothian, and saw Walter Scott's
monument, the Wellington statue,
Nelson statue, etc. But "Scotch
mist" prevailed, that thickened into
rain; the weather grew cold and
'beastly'' Chats good English), and
we resolved to "about face" and get
back to "Merrie" England. The Scots
did not seem to mind the weather.
however. They tramped about the
streets, with thick shoes and wooden
clothing, and went off on excursions
to the Firth of Forth bridge, etc, on
tops of omnibuses (both men and
women), chatting gayly, though some
carried umbrellas. And so we missed
the Scotch lakes, Glasgow, ETC., and
evidently September is rot a good
month for Scotlond. The next week
the English papers reported snow
north of the Tweed, and an English
friend told us confidentially that the
Scotch climate was always beastly-
nine months winter and three months
bad weather-you know"