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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
"COW-COCKLE."

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sonn h G Of iS ma 10 v j,nn to nv sur
prise. found two little chicks caught
on this weed by this glue or gum and it
was with some effort and much pain to
the little chick chat | finally released
nun, WIN ,He loss Oh sollte 81 Us ~
y.oe6 can Won teli me what # Isl Is it
of any use?
Answer-Our biologist and horticulture
list. Professor II. X. Starnes, to whom the
matter was refereed says that the plant
is saponaria vaccaria or cow-cockle. The
small grains are the seeds Of the plant
itself that have fallen and become fasten-
ed to the glue This gummy substance
eXudes from this particular plant. DO
not know that the weed has ever been
put to any economic use.
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nanare and wbetrar you are the smartest
man l read after or not your advice on
matters suits me better than any OF them
gou JHSt SUM- ndEe so0o n,ith
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geoi GOOD &c eor,n seem TO do some
Gators advice needs 2 figure run through
it,
T. Now to the questions; My apple or
chard IS almost ruined with blight; what
causes 1t, and what VIII cure II; or Will
1t be best 10 cul theHl GOWN
Z In my garden nave a row OF grape
vines, which are very fine looking, out
shed most Of the grape ounches; what
causes 1t and what do for them? fer
tilize garden with stable manure and
plow up to vines IN eafly SPRING Hi'el
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corn and make the TWO crops? want
to plant unknown peas IN mlddies' my
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not often XIII an apple tree II any degree
OF attention is given TO arrest IT, All
that can be effectively done Is to cut
or the affected branches some distance
. 10 N ,ncboe t.i,u, tho Lowest dis
m
eaSe0 point l'7e tA0iSeu "i"i'ciies
should be burned.
? The conduct Of your grape vines Is
nroAahlv entirely due to their location
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08

| a thorough cleaning Up Of tina fowl house,
stable, kennel. etc.
CHRONIC FOUNDER.
H. H. s.. Kestler. CA have a mara
u or II years old that was foundered
about twelve months ago and had ap-
parently been cured until Fl few weeks
| ago she began to get stiff and could not
| travel with ease. until she IS almost pasf
travelling at all. When she first began to
show signs OF lameness I had her Bhod,
and she did not improve in the least,
Pq ba1 s5e gv T9f 5er 5oan found a hsa9 IL
the last ten DAYS. # 81 VIII be 50 Kind
as to give me a reafsdv T viii thank you
very much. She IS a splendid animal and
I don't like TO have to give her up. Amy
remedy you may suggest viii be tried
and highly appreciated.
.Answer-In the absence az any detailed
description OF the present condition Of the
feer. ma assume that fl Is a case %
either su Or Of chronic lamlnits
Gounder) Ear as 7 know there is 10
cure for b laminitis once owned
(torty- fyo s~rs ago. a very fast road
ster that contracted bad case OF acnts
founder 1t slowly became chrome. bue
with one or two acute attacks every
year. He was quite servireable between
these attacks, but his forefeet were aver
in bad shape and tender. The best you
can do is to reduce him 10 the grade
Of a pillow horse Even r You hope to
cure him 1t would be the best course to
| pursue. Let him go barefoot
, BLIND" TEETH.
e A. p. Oplee Ala have q 9-year~
old colt that has blind teeth One cams
through the gums last fall and Knocked
II out. The other has never come through
! yet and has no appearance Of coming q
mean coming out as the other did inside
| the MOUTH. But there is a knot form
ing between the nostru and eye II s
not sore yet, but is growing I wang
YOU to tell me what 20 do 10 remove
that tooth. or If the tooth cannot he re-
moved, please tell me what to do 10
save my colt The same colt GoJ It's
ankle OF the right hind leg strained IN
some way and is swollen. Wn4t Will re-
move the swelling?
Answer" Blind teeth or 'wolf toeth'
are, by many supposed to cause blind
ness; but It is not true There is really
no harm in them. Occasionally they may
cause some laceration Of the lip when
the latter is caught between tile hit and
the tooth. However. q blind tooth Is IT
no use and may he pulled or punched out
If desired. During the third year a cole
cuts about twelve teeth and consider
able irritation and fever are often caused.
In the fourth year it's cuts sixteen teeth
-four front. eight back and four tushes.
Frequently no blind teeth appear at all
Sometimes only one Battle the Les IN
cold water thirty minutes at time,
three times a day. After each bathing
apply a little of q lotion made by dis
solving one-half ounce of acetate Of lead
In one quart of water
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS
CLUBBING LIST.

We present herewith our offers to suoecrio-
ers giving the best values in reading matter
for Co and slightly above that sum. that
Won can possibly buy. Send your guess In
with YOUR subscription. Order your premium
now, TOO. 1t causes delay and ve7ation to
YOU and makes a heap Of useless, extra work
for Us II you wait until afterwards to order
your premiums Finish 1t up all at one time.
TIE premiums are offered in good faith; II
they are not wanted. the price OF Tho Consti-
fufg0-7 -7o+ reduced thereby
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
% DAMAGED COTTON SEED OF
IRISH POTATOES. (2) DYSPEPSIA
OF COWS.

or COWS.
G. r. G., Gainesville. Gal have some
damaged cotton seed, which got wet, ana
I have had on hand some time Would
they be good to put under to fertlllze
Irish potatoes? Please write me.
? / have a cow and a heifer which are
eating rocks One has shed off, but the
other has not and their mouths look
red What Is the matter with them, ana
what is good for them?
Answer-1 The damaged cotton seed
will answer well as an ingredient Of
mixture for Irish potatoes. but will not
act very promptly If applied dry at the
time the potatoes shall be planted. They
should be put in the ground and listed
on some weeks in advance Of planting.
mixture Of 500 pounds each Of high
grade acid and kainet and 100 pounds
for potatoes
2. Your and heifer probably have
form Of dyspepsia called "pica-" The
causes are bad food, especially moldy or
otherwise damaged grain or hay, unnu
tritious pastorage, such as low, swampy
land A COW that Is In calf and young
cattle are specially liable to it. The aim
should be to improve the digestion. Treat
as follows: Mix A ounces each Of car
Donate Of iron, powdered gentian, com
mon salt and powdered femeogreek. Give
a heaping tablespoonful to each animal
three times day. Two or three tables
poonfuls OF powdered charcoal mixed
with each feed would also be good. Also
keep a piece Of rock salt where the cattle
can get to it and lick as often as they
pieaSa
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
CTIRONrC -FOrNnnR

mails Is complete that does not include
a thorough cleaning Up Of tina fowl house,
stable, kennel. etc.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08

2. How will 1t do to SOW peas broad
cast In the asparagus? If so, when?
VIII II injure the asparagus in any way?
Can [ NOW this down, asparagus and
peayines, about time for cutting hay.
without Injury to the asparagus the next
spring? | know that once you cut
young shoot you destroy It, but how
with an old plant when cut down WINE
green after it has obtained Its full
growth?
g. What Is the best fertilizer, and when
should 1t be applied? I am thinking of
sowing cotton seed, fifty bushels or more
to the acre. also stable manure, when
have cut the hay. How Is kainit or dirty
salt? Last season l put one ton of guano
and what stable manure I had per acre.
but did not get good results Ny grass
this spring should have doubled last
year, but only made a profit of 80
over and above last years proceeds. The
grass should have been much larger.
and the yield better. but only little
above first years cutting. Any light on
the subject will be appreciated.
Answer-The weeds should be kept down
and not permitted to mature seeds. II
necessary the cultivation should be con-
tinued as long as weeds continue to
terminate their seeds. The tops should
not be cut off until they have turned
yellow in tho fall, which indicates entire
cessation Of growth. II done too early.
new shoots from the crowns may start
forth and greatly in5ure the next crop.
Hand hoeing and picking should be re-
sorted to in order to get rid OF the weeds
Q. / do not think 1t advisable to SOW
peas on an asparagus bed; that 1t would
not work conveniently and satisfactorily
and would, to some extent, interfere with
the full growth and development OF the
asparagus stalks. which age necessary
to a good crop next year. The larger and
more vigorous the summer SHOOTS Cor de-
veloping stems) tho better the crop Will
be the following year. About one ton OF
a mixture of equal parts of acid phos-
phate kainit and cotton seed meal would
be an excellent fertilizer for an acre or
asparagus. Nothing is better than stable
manure of which you may apply fifty
tons or more per acre In the fall Don t
use cotton seed, but exchange them Tor
cotton meal. You cannot afford to ap-
plv cotton seed The essentials to sue
cess in asparagus culture are plenty or
manure and plenty of humus.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08

animals posses the gift Of prophecy or
foreknowledge The cause of such
abnormal development must be looked for
IN the weather conditions or other Circun-
stances that may have envirened the
plant during the past spring. l have
often heard 1t sold the frost never catches
a ceckle-bur plant before 1t can mature
few seeds Something that we sometimes
call plant instinct" (for want of a better
name) induces a very rapid development
of flowers and seeds In the fall, In the
case Of plants that have had q late start
The unusually cool May that has just
passed may have impressed on these
plsnts in some way that winter was COM
ing even when summer had not yet ar
rived.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
PRESERVING FENCE POSTS.

I. D. w. Crumptonia. Ala send reel
pc from a receipt book that may be OF
ree to farmers:
Everlasting Fence Posts"-Take boiled
linseed oil and stir In pulverized charcoal
to consistency of paint. Put coat of
this over the timber and mo man will
live to see 1t rot Time and weather ha j
no effect. Timber used is popular. bass
answer. Said to cost about cents each
for preparing.
Commercial the Georgia experiment
station gas tar AMI creosote hns been used
for coating fence posts with satisfaction
for dozen years. The stuff costs sS
per so gallon barrel or 40 cents per gallon
and is put on hot
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08

n. II. s.. Kestler Gal have mara
about twelve months ago and had ap-
parently been cured until Fl few weeks
ago she began to get stiff and could not
travel with ease, unit. she IS almost past
travelling at all When she first began to
show Signs Of lameness I had her shod,
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17
Rabbits - Acrobats.

The rat is, as no one viii doubt, a
very fair climber. He can scamper
about anyw here on the roof of a barn
or can ascend the Ivy that grows on
the house wall and make the lives OF
the pigeons iii their cots anything but
happy ones. The rabbit. OH the other
hand Is not usually accounted a climb
Ing animal. \ writer in Field describes
the establishment of his sisters at see
ing a rabbit jump from the bough OF a
tree and. picking himself up. "sCamper
OF rather daZed 10 his warren" Wher-
ever a rabbit Is found in u tree except
when he is carried there by food or
left there by receding snowdrift, il
will be found that Il Sloping bank or
other easy method Of approach has
been made use OF. He is, however, very
expert at climbing stone walls that
bound his fields and even the wire net
ting that the farmer yainly imagines
will keep him from the choicest crops.
We have seen rabbits run up the face
OF quarry 10 their holes toward the
top, feat which We have not found il
easy to initiate.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17
ON WITH THE GOOD WORK.

The heavy down pours the early part
Of the week served to show us a good
many defective places in our streets and
sidewalks. We are just on the eve of
the rush season and it behoves us to
do everything in our power To make our
city as inviting and pleasant as possible
for this seasons guests
We have as large n percentage of regu-
lar visitors who think of going no where
els. but Daytona, .as any town in the
State and yet We have every year hun
dreds who visit us for the first time. and
you know it is the first impression that
is lasting
Sunday last We walked down Beach
| street and in dozen places perhaps
water stood in deep pools and it was
with difficulty that pedestrians got by
II is not only important but imperative
that these del, cts be- rrmedied.
In front OF the Stanley House the pools
Were so dtrp and wide as to cali forth all
| sorts Of criticisms and invidious remarks.
Some suggested that the city furnish
| lie preserv.rs for PEDESTRIANS, Others
| that she should organize navigation
company, aud others that poutoon
bridges would be in order. and SO on.
These criticisms are freely and openly
made and with strangers they have u
bearing
Tins IL not written in the spirit Of
criticism but to urge that ali possible
haste be made To compete such work rs
IL contemplated for this season
Daytona is the acknowledged natural
beauty spot OF the State and it il up to
us to see that she remains such in the
years to come If we sit compacenty
down and lay the fiatterng junction. to
our souls that We are 1t" that Day
tona is the main show and that st.
Augustine and Palm Beach ane simply
side shows. the time will speedily come
when We shall regret it,
On with the street paving, on with the
parkage clearing, on with every move
that appeals to the aesthetic tastes OF
the guests within our gates
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

Betty, the infant Rnscius. when ct
the zenith Of his juvenile fame was on
one occasion walking with some ladies'
when another bevy Of female admirers
bore down upon him and. pulling him
away from his companions. commenced
to lavish upon him endearments and
kisses The others promptly rushed to
their idols rescue. who between the
contending parties. each determined to
possess the boy actor. was thrown 70
the ground and SD much bruised and
injured as to be unable TO appear for a
couple OF nights
insignificant, however. WAS this mis-
chance To the fate that befell NJ &c
Langy. u courtier OF the time or Louis
XIV, whose supreme conceit So irritat-
ed certain ladies OF the court that they
resolved To infiict upon him novel
punishment Feigning one day Ia be
overcome by the beauty of his face and
person, they fell upon him Ell mas>e
hugging and kissing the wretched dan
dy till he cried for mercy Deaf To his
entreaties, the ladies continued their
merciless caresses until the object Of
their mock love. who indeed was but Il
sorry weakling. In endeavoring 10 break
vessel aud died few days later
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17
Cinderella and Her slipper.

Yes; | know you are saying TO your
self. That headline would have looked
and sounded better had ii been 'Ciudcr
ella and the Glass slipper. says a
critic. but the writer has been making
close study OF this most interesting
nursery story and finds that the ia
NOUS glass slipper properly has no
place In II. The glass slipper is real
ly the fur" cloth" or felt slipper.
the word glass" having been substi
tuted through II strange miStranslation
OF the story. In the original ii was
written pantoutle en- vair, which. being
translated. would he the fur slipper -
The translator. however. wrote 1t as IL
II had been pantoulic en- vcrr", making
the little Cinder girls" fur foot cover
ing one OF glass, which, ii must bc I'D
mitted. would be one quite appropriate
To a fairy.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

The editor Of the Glasgow Echo AYERS
be Is not much OF sport; but he says.
when we meet "A cinch in Che road We
recognize IT." He accepted PROPOSE
ton the other day, made 10y friend,
through which he was To give his
friend dime for every time a woman
passed them and did not put her hand
behind her To learn if her skirt was all
right behind. On the other hand the
editors friend agreed 70 give him II
nickel for each time a woman felt of
her belt behind. We got sixty two
nickels." the moldcr of opinion says,
and paid him one dime \ woman with
both arms full of parcels came along.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

The guests Of the Central Hotel are
feasting on home made sausage, liv-
erell, blood puddings, chittlings,
sparer ribs and many other good eat
ables. High Springs Hornet.
Guests with appetites for such ''goot
eatables' might close the SEASON by Ills
posing 81 the hair mattresses, heather
cushions and wirgrass furniture, Prop
erly sprinkled with condiments, serve,
they ought To be- quite as appetising "a,
the dishes Of blood and entrails.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17
Coughs and Colds In Children.

Iu-eandprr-cribe chamberlain Cough
Remedy Tor almost all obstinate, con
~tr,tcd coughs. with direct results
pr.,,rit-. it To children of all ages Au
glad to recommend it to all in need and
seeking relief from colds and coughs and
bronchial Affections. 1t is uon-narvotic
aud ,nf,. in the hands nt the most IN
professional \ universal pauacea for
all maukind-Mrs Mary X. Melendy
VI. T.. Fh. D., Chicago Ill, This remedy
: Tor sale hy ali druggists.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

\ couple Of small rollers for the
Gazette News made in Washington, ID. C.,
cost 10 cents 1t only cost $50 for
transfer charges. When highwaynan
holds up IN express company, a. some
times happens, they raise a great hula
ba-loo but the express companies go ON
holding up people every day in the year
and seldom voice is raised against it.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

The wax palm of the Andes is veg.
etable wonder. Ii grows To a height OF
nearly 200 feet and thrivcS not only on
the plains. but the mountains. The
wood is tough and durable and is en-
ployed In carpentry. The wan comes
from the pits between the trunk and
frunds- Ii is yellow OF Grayi~h white,
is as pure as bc,sWaX aud l. used for
making candles. \ pcun climbing the
trees can gather from twenty to thirty
pounds from each.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

There is no necessity for man tn
bc idle thirty minutes in Crystal
River. ii ne will work at all The
cry here is more hands wanted. =
Crystal River News.
1t is generally the ease that cry O
more hands wanted is drowned out 10y
the cry of more feet and longer legs t
carry idlers away from it. We some
times hail dozen loatng rlrkies befor.
we find one willing TO do little work
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

Editor Jordan should look to his
laueIs. Has lie pcrnsed that gentle
hsh tale perprtratcd hy editor Ia
tum OF MiumI'-Tampa Tribune.
He has, and the Tribune summar
lzrs the story and expresses his view
III these words,
Editor Intum. OF the Miami Me
tropoiI- claims that ON Christmas
day, he and his family caught 322
fish III ; hours aud 22minutrs. This
IL , strong, brother ratum
Yes. it's > strong for IN East Coast
narrative. but herra Punta Gorda
1t Is n common thing for one third 81
party OF - men to catch > 222 fish
IN - minutes. And We don make a
great nuis, about il. rithrr.-Punta
Gorda Herald.
This Is Brother Iordon and Brothe,
Intum scrap but We may he parlunet
for rmarking that up this way our hsl
warden. backed 10y the courts, takes tn,
scalp oi all who try Wholesale catche,
with nets, aud We cant "makr IL great
noise about II. either 10y using dyna
mite. but We get there with rod and
rel
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

\ i Smell wanted To attend a party.
hut WAS afraid To do 70 un account oi
pains III his stomach. which he feared
would grow worse lie says Il was
telling my troubles "a u Lady friend. who
said. Chamberlain Collie Cholera and
piarrhuca Reluedy Will put YOU IN condl-
ton Tor the party. bought "A bottle
and take pleasure III stating that two
dp,.-- CURED me aud enabled me to have
&, good timV III thu party. Mr. Smell
j. a resident OF summer Hill \ \ THIS
remedy IL sold 10y all druggists.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

I Someone phoned the GazetteNews to
ask how many miles OF W heeling we have
hereabouts The answer was fifty miles.
including the beach. This is more miles
than can be found nearly anywhere else
in the State and yet We are living far
beneath our privilege. We could easily
make il hundeed without Gripping
ourselves
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17
WHERE IS OSCEOlAS SKULL ?

The above head line l. from the
Daytona Gazettr News. which makes
merry over the claim made in thcs.
columns that O-ceola'~ skull il ia
possession OF Well known gcntle-
man of runtu tiurda rs the mcrr-
ment Of the hazcttc-Ncws occurred
during Christmas week when some
people are inclined 10 hr festive IT -
eXcusable and we Will let It pass
But our esteemed contemporary j.
evidently ignorant oi the historical
Z fact that, alter Orccola wa, buried
near Fort Moultrir. his grave was
opened by parties unknown and his
head was cut oil and carried away.
The subsequent proceedings touch
my the head are not recorded in his.
tory. but the Punta tiorda yrnth.-
man who claims to have p~ccolas
skull III hi. possession says that he
Is fully prepared to provrits identify.
~ Ist hd- ltIlhlatlbU lbI tlNtu ana
vrracity, the Herald at least does
not question his claim, hut believes
it is we'll founded punta Gorda
Herald
Ii ghouls cXhumcd O~.cula's body and
decapitated it aud scutkmnn of runta
Gorda with n reputation ior truth and
yeracity Is in possession oi all the de-.
tails, IL is of sufficient interest to warrant
publication in our columns Let u. have
it second hand from the He. aid or lrt the
gentleman send it 10 III direct over his
own signature. " ii uow stands il
smacks OF indianapolis methods aud the
public would Hks t" have the question
cleared up and know the real history OF
it all Once more, Brother Jordon
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-01-17

The Florida editors will soon hold
their annual convention, and it
promises to bt the most enthusiasts.
gathering of it, Kind ever held in
Florida There il no element that
has done more iorNhe State than
these journalists, and their labors
should he duly apprriated.-Jack-
sonyllle Metropolis.
Well said We fully appreciate the
Importance of their assembling her,
from n business standpoint and antri
pate "a feast from literary and social
point Of view. everybody in Daytona
does not fully appreciate the Importance
OF the approaching meeting it will b.
through no fault OF the local press We
shall proclaim ii and emphasize il and
leave no stone untuIned in the rndeayor
To make it PHEASANT aud profitable, to all
concerned