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HERE AND THERE.

in nearly all case it is better to
castrate the male pigs while they are
yet sucking: they recover from the
checking effects much sooner.
If cured alfalfa is not SO good as
green, It is the next thing to 1t. Alfal-
"a hay Is q most valuable winter 1eed
for hogs, especially where corn Is fed
exclusively.
The manufacture Of oieomargarins
has steadily decreased under the pres
ent Law, which requires the colored
product to pay q tax Of ten cents =
pound.
Nine out of every ten men who
milk cows think nothing about the
cows side OF the question, and SO She
gets pulled and hauled forty different
WAYS every time she Is MIXED.
Cotton appears to receive more at
ten1ion froEa destructive insects than
any other plant. which fact is probably
due to its rich fiber, oily seeds and IL
location in a very warm climate
a very good way to apply water Ia
dry time il by means OF perforated
tin cans. Sink them In ground near
plant and fill with water The Water
seeps out gradually through the holes
and causes the roots TO sink deeply.
Various estimates of the loss oc-
easioned to the cotton planters last
season (190s1 have been made, and
range from .2ss5 900 to SOC, 900 bales Of
cotton 900 lbs. per ba1e), representing
from eight to twenty-five millions Of
dollars.
| Two o. three years Of grain plant
ing would make q decided impression
upon the boil weevil. enrich the cot
ton land. and force the price Of cotton
I'D, 10 that when the conditions are
favorable it might be policy to again
raiss GOTTEN.
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DISPOSAL OF DEAD HOGS.
4 Matter That Means a Great Deal
to the Farmer ana the Coma
munfty IN General.

The proper disposal of dead hogs
means a great deal to the farmer and
also to the community in which he
lives. He should consider it his duty
to keep his surroundings as free from
infectious diseases as possible This
applies not only in the matter of prop
erly disposing Of dead animals, but to
everything under his care.
Ills stables should be thoroughly
ventilated and should receive an appli-
cation Of WhiteWash once or twice q
year, to which has been added a little
carbolic acid.
II an animal becomes sick he should
give it proper attention, and if the dis
ease is new to him, he should quaran-
tine the animal until we'll
II one of his hogs dies he should dis
pose OF the body in such way that no
trouble will come from it. Too often
this is overlooked. While many men
would not harm their aeighbors if they
knew it, they will often drag the body
! Of dead hog into some gully or out
of-the-Way place and leave it to decay.
The place looks to them remote and
they do not think of the harm that
may come.
In case the hog died of some con-
tagious disease the germs of this dis
case are at first, of course, very nu-
merous in the body. They are easily
transferred from the body to anything
| that comes in contact with it. In this
way dogs and wild animals, such as
yernlin and snakes, come in contact
with the body and then carry the
/ germs to neighboring farms. One can
| readily see how dangerous this is to
the community.
The practice Of burying diseased ami
mails is. generally resorted to and is Q
very good method, although there IL
still some danger, especially If the
body is not put down deep enough. But
it is best to always burn the body, thus
eliminating nearly all possible chances
of further danger If carried On thor
ough1y and properly very little, if any,
bad results can come from it. There
really should be certain requirements
of state laws applying to the treat
| ment of dead bodies Of diseased ami
mails B. Ashley, in Kimban's Dali
/ ~ Farm
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ART or KEEPING You're.
Acquire the Habit of Cheerftl1ness
and Take Plenty Of
Fresh Air.

Sunlight has no equivalent. Keep
sunshine in the home and in the heart
How very much like delicate plants a
human being is. Keep a plant in the
dark, and struggle as it will to grow.
it will be at best but a puny. siekly
weed. says Medical Talk for the Home.
The close observer can tell by the
eountenance if a person is in the habit
Of saying evil things or kind things
about people. No matter what the re-
suits, the person Who has formed the
questionable habit of speaking unkind-
y of people, will gradually come to pos
sess cruel, hard expression. witch in
a short time deepens into fixed ugly
lines Nothing is more conducive to
youth and beauty. Of face than the habit
of seeing the best in people and low
thoughts assume a kindly bent and
shaping themselves into kindly words
and deeds mold the countenanee into
beauty and sweetness. The late divine.
Rev Joseph Cook, by experiment and
investigation, found that our habits
leave scars on the brain. DO we realize
that every harsh word our lips. utter
leaves All unfayorable impression On our
brains. which is quickly reflected not
only in the face, but in the very move
ments of the body? Nobody can hurt
anyone by cruel remarks as he hurts
himself.
Fresh air is a free gift. and yet some
people take of it as though it were more
expensive than the Alaskan gold. It is
| necessary to the clear brain. Well-round-
ed form and grace of movement. There
is a close relation between the shallow
breathing lungs and the mean-thinking
| mind. Practice deep breathing until
| you can count IS aloud IN one breath.
Then notice the improvement in yeus
appearance and thoughts
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Farming On Business Principles.

Farming ON Business Principles.
How many farmers to-day conduct
their business on the same accurate
principles as do mel engaged in the
other occupations? From a close in
quiry and observation, am led to be-
lieve. that not exceeding FIVE per cent
of the farmers in this community keep
an account of their receipts and ex-
penses during each year. ! was talk
ing to a very prominent business man
In our town quite recently on this sub
jeot. He was also a large land owner
and prosperous in that line Of business,
but remarked that lie kept an account
with each crop, 1t was the only case
within his knowledge. This man is
considered a splendid, up-to-date
farmer, vet he could not tell what It
cost him to raise an acre of tobacco
This is not written as reflection on
the intelligence Of any farmer. but as
disparagement of their business
methods Brother farmer, what would
you think OF that merchant in your
city. should you ask him canfdentially
what his expenses were last year, who
would answer, Well really, don't
know. it is too much trouble to keep
books r. Ne thinks you would mental
" class him with one OF the soon-to-be
hankrupts. Farmers have simply not
been taught in their youth the necessi-
ty of keeping farm accounts. They drift
along. as did their progealtors, in the
same old routine Of doing things. judg-
ing only by the cash or hand, whether
the year 1903 was prosperous or adj
verse. do not offer myself as a proto-
type to my brothers who follow the
plow,s. but a glance at my ledger will
convince any man which crop raised
On our farm last year did yield the
largest net incoRse. Amy farmer can do
this, who will only exercise q little
thinking and take the time.-Geo. a.
Groom, Princeton, KY. in Epitomist
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Sinking of ReyRIanE,

Down in a Virginia town the aged
pastor of one of the churches fell Ill
not long ago. He was beloved by all
the neighborhood. and. constant
stream of anxious friends rang the bell
to make inquiries The nurse In
charge was an intelligent negro wom-
an, and she decided to issue bulletins
at frequent intervals. She wrote them
herself and pinned them to the front
door, and this is the way they read as
they appeared suecessively:
REV Blank am very sick.
"Later-Rev. Blank am worse.
"Nisht-Rev. Blank am sinking
..AHorning--Rev. Blank have sunk :
We shington Post.
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MEN OF THE GRAND ARMY
Their Annual Encampments and Les
sons of Heroic Self sacri-
fee They Teach.

Once every year the soldiers Of the
civil war who still survive are accus-
toned TO gather somewhere for their
national eneampment Three days are
given to reunions and business meet
ings and a parade. This practice, says
Youths Companion, has continued 50
long that it has become an old story
IN all the northern half of the coun-
try: for the grand army has encamped
both in Maine and in California.
It is an old story in one sense. but
a perennially new one in other senses.
This year, for the third time, the
grand army held its encampment In
Boston. The city was decorated, OF
course, and unusually crowded. Tnere
were blue uniforms and black soft
hats everywhere The same white
haired men marched in the parade, 2
little sitter in the knees and somewhat
fewer in number. and they were
cheered from end 10 end Of the route.
But there was nothing new about any
Of these things.
Yet the encampment as a whole ola
product always produces-some-
thing new and fresh; a rebirth OF pa
triotism, acknowledgment of the
debt due to these men, new percep-
ton of what the war cost them.
No one can watch the parade OF the
veterans without seeing that the vast
majority of those in line are men IN
moderate circumstances. They con.
slider themselves fortunate indeed that
they are able to be present at all
Thousands of their old comrades. they
will tell you. could not come because
Of the expense.
Here is the new lesson which the en-
eampment teaches, or the old lesson
which it constantly Tepeats-the life
long sacrifice of the men who fought
and lived, as well as the short but com,
plete sacrifice of those who died.
The war ruined the chances Of fnan
eia1 success for tens of thousands OF
soldiers. who, if they had been more
selfish and less patriotic. would be
richer to-day in the goods Of this
world: but how infinitely poorer both
they and we should be in things which
wealth cannot measure or money buy.
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A Bows Industry in Writing.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the
president of the Woman Suffrage As
sociation, was citing diplomatic ways
of making children work.
"A Chicago woman 2 she said, has
a little boy who hates to practice writ
ing. Last fall she told me that IN
this matter Of writing she could do
nothing with the lad. But in Deem.
Der, when ] met her again, she said,
eomplacently:
Well, Harry spends quite two
hours a day now at his writing regu-
larly'
How in the world, said I. did you
bring this miracle to pass
The woman winked slightly.
:" 4 told him. she said, TO make out,
in his very best hand, a list OF every
thing he wanted for Christmas, and
be has been at it ever since. .
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PROPER WAY TO BREATHE.
Simple Exercises by Which the LING
Power May Be Appreciably
Increased.

In these health articles attention has
often been directed to the necessity of
proper breathing in order to Increase
the physical well-being and to place
the body in the best possible condition
for resisting the onslaughts of disease.
But it is not enough to tell people to
breathe: many. with the best will in
the world, do not know how to breathe,
says Youths Companion. It is not
enough to sit in chair and take deep
breath from time to time; nor car any,
one always be taking full inspirations.
for that requires thought and special
effort We must breathe in the sordi-
nary way most of the time. and sunple-
inent this by certain special exercises
at given periods
Any form of exercise properly taken
calls for increased respiratory effort,
and so may be called a breathing nxer-
else; and this applies particularly to
rapid walking, which is the bes. all
round exercise that it is given to man
to indulge in. But we can augment the
utility OF rapid walking (by which is
meant a gait of from three to four miles
an hour by combining with it a spe-
eial breathing exercise.
Many persons, walking in the city,
make it rule to fill the lungs as fall as
they will hold of air each time they
come to street crossing. holding the
breath until the farther side of the
street is reached. This is an exc client
habit to form, but it is not always pos
s1ble to observe the rule while aodg.
Ing cars, cabs and automobiles.
| The best time for special breathing
exercises is at night before retiring and
In the morning before the bath Stand
ing upright. with the head thrown back
the mouth closed and the arms at the
side, rise gradually to the tiptoes. raise
| the arms slowly to the horizontal DO.
sition. and keeping them well bsek Of
the body, breathe in as deeply as pos
sible;; then slowly lower the arms t.
the side. and come down ffat-foot while
expelling the breath as fully as pos.
sible. Repeat these movements aboul
four times minute. Begin as before
but do not stop when the arms are heri
zontal. Continue to raise them unit
they are stretched as high as possible
the hands not being allowed to come to
sefher. but kept apart the width Of tht
shoulders or a little more. Continue Il
'nhale until the hands are as h. gh a!
possible. hold the breath for.tzvo OF
three seconds. then exhale slewlY. AM
fully as the arms are lowered to tht
side
These exercises and many variation.
Of them grow easy with practice. AM
If performed night and morning in
Weli-a1red room will increase wonder
fully the vital capacity.
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coTToN SEED PRODUCTS.
ghat Georgia in showing i'm Cot
ton-seea Products at the ST.
Leafs Worlds Fair.

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New Naval Base.

An expedition under charge Of the
navy department has been busy all this
summer at ISyska island, one OF the most
remote of the Aleutians, making the
preliminary surveys and other arrange
ments for the establishment of naval
coaIing station at Kyska harbor. This
harbor is excellent, and it is said that It
can be easily fortified. 1t is proposed
TO make it base for the operations Of
the Pacific fleet. Kyska. which Is IN
longitude 1T east, Is much nearer Japan
and Siberia than it is to our mainland
south OF Alaska. Mo foreign military
officers have been allowed to visit the
place and Americans know little of the
detailed plans OF the government. The
island will contain one of the wireless
telegraph stations OF the navy depart
menf, TO which reference vas made in
this column on July 2s.-Youth's Com
panfon.
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RETIRED BUSINESS MEN.
MANY Find Themselves at Loss for
Something to Do and Take
to Reading.

Successful American business anu
professional men usually die in the
harness. Most Of them do not, mere
ly from motives of avarice, continue
to pile up moneys after they have
made fortunes The ingrained habits
formed BIZ lifetime's work il one
field are exceedingly hardin many
cases impossible-to break, says the
Chicago Tribune Most men also find
it difficult to imagine what they should
do with themselves after they retired.
They fear they would be a burden TO
themselves and a bore to everybody
else
There are, however. many things
which business Or professional men
who retire while still vigorous can do
to make the latter end of their lives
pleasant and to render themselves use
ful to themselves and to their com
mnnities. They can read. The av-
erage man, during his busy years,
hardly takes a glimpse into the better
books. II he should reserve some OF
his later years to get acquainted with
the great kingdom of the intellect he
might add much to the pleasure of his
life The retired business or profes-
sional man can travel. Like Dfocle-
tan, after he quit the throne Of the
Roman empire, he can grow eabbages.
He can contribute needed wisdom to
phi1anthropie and charitable enter
prises.
But the man who counts on retiring
when he has secured a substantial
Competency and leading thereafter a
life agreeable to others should make
preparation for the change. He must
keep at lsast on speaking aeauain-
lance throughout youth and middle
life with the great world outside his
arocation The money grubber who
has not lifted his nose from his ledger
for 40 years will get little pleasure at
| SO from Hawthorne. or Macau1ay. or
| Tennyson, or Shakespeare, or Herbert
Spencer or Plato. He will get equally
little satisfaction from travel, for. as
George William Curtis has said. those
who would see Greece and Italy must
take them in their hearts.
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Crabs, Creole.

Use one green pepper, chopped fine:
one Glove of garlic, chopped fine. one
small onion. chopped fine: one table
spoonful of butter. one cupful Ct toma-
toes, one cupful OF crab meat. pepper and
salt: put the butter ii the blazer; when
melted, add the garlic. anian. salt. pep
GER and tomatoes, and LET cook ten min
utes; add the crab meat lfresn or
sanned). Serve when hot on siDnets OF
cast. Peoples Home Journal.
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ney Pills I have lifted six hundred
pounds and felt no bad effects. I have
not fels the trouble come back since,
although had suffered for Ave or SIX
years, and other remedies had not
helped me at all.
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. 7.
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Tin,e-Honored Truth.

Wisdom is better than rubies, de-
clared solomon And now, some centuries
later, this opinion has been confirmed N
Germany where they manufacture by
chemical process, while you wait, Just
as-geed article in this line OF gems at a
ali. How much better wisdom is than
rlll,ieS is shown by the fact that wisdom
cal now make rubies, while whole coolies
Of rubies have failed in numerous recorded
instances to make a man wise.-lnd1anap-
oils News.
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~ R AND PLANTER.
LAX ING IN. THE SOUTH.
as.f WAY For an Average Far
70. g auild Up a Probable
Dairy Herd.

Several d.
Sormed ma i, - secretary Duggan
b this nra..--s (ss 20 lie1Q put me down
Inv can tha !. s s....lne loF an article en-
#ofitahla d.. - - Iarfher acquire ?
DIT L can g.. - =. 1No" on this SUD
sffcca. Aa,o,, 80 only my own expert
d ona.ad 1oa1 years ago q cream
IN n,i11s.. = ouF county, and was
S,re min 1oar cows, which gave
Id co,,1a ss.lo p01tef Than my house
#rDius :. Is salhe- eeclded to send
.g,,,gr,t sg.sne creamery, not that I
raaro Is1s was much money in it,
Soon - e. lu1 ehef nome enterprise.
mis- .,asa .a e1iat the monthly pay
Stha sass.s :. aceep1aote, anu when,
#gsl,a1 9 oalae year, mad made an
idaa - {. e amount OF forage, ] de
EFs -. - ! s'a'eila Delter sell il TO the
"a. - :, = pn1 u On the market as
49, - 3sils QuesIlon was, how
80 se. good cows? did not
49, ,.-ssos. mat would not test i've
s.. outer laL. whenever heard
1oa sale. SAID TO be good
5sa.s - ~ see neF MIXED; bringing
- Sss1hlas OF milk, which had
- sue gave as much as II
-, - na1lh or more, which tested
ps.= cshs. butter rat, bought
lais was equivalent to one
= paelsT Gay, and ! cons1d~
I { se1s 5000 COW. az twenty
- doadFs, Whlcn was the
u = - : soon DULL up 2 nero
-, eesseiils a a Whoie nVe or
Z e, p7i cent. ! pred these COWS
~ pss,s thoroughbred Jersey bull
Ioa1o gel ana now nave quite
,.s.:A..oi VI heHeFs winch are very
-. o. soilpe giving as mucn as
-. =. ps1elsf q Gay with their nrst
: sae1i NO" milking 81 cows VI
80 % SOU as increased my nero
- So.'seU 10 nave a separator,
- lotalla very necessary, partle-
= aeeaIns the caves the
-. - 10y I s creamery, Ior lacR
II - 1.+as1a, lsaYlhs me qult6 SUN
! - - COWS separator, etc-, ana
8 Z, s.ssss'ese ~ any return, except ny
4sahs NY own butter. fi1ls ! began
". i1lts'fils u alHlcudt at hrst TO sell
~ az regularity al. ~ cents. But
IS. lotiia saas good butter would sell
anu I. ohlle up a 3ood trade at
81 vents N the summer and 20 cents
me "anteT NY cows are now In a
ar5 pasture. Out are giving me
urn OF S11o per month, with an out
e 20 per month for grain. This
Esss nor count hay and forage raised
ne Iafm lnese grade cows prov
iss 20 profitable, ! have decided to
5fehase some tnoroui ghbreds, that y
derive more profit from the sale
TaT calves With calves have been
successful, losing only one or two
my tour years experience. 1t might
@ interest to give my method OF
HHanglng them up. I let them stay with
ar mother one day, then feed them
saola milk ten days, then whole and
limnaed milk five days, after that on
#Imn1ed milk entirely. The winter
ives I keep IN a good warm stall.
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Other Side Of T.

But" protested the prospective Ten.
ant, "the house is awfully Damp
Ny dear sir replied the agent,
that Is one Of its many advantages.
In case OF fire it isn't likely TO burn. 9
And there is no water in the veil, .
continued the would-be renter.
Another advantage, said the agent.
IN case your children happen TO fall
IN 1t they won't drown. &C Chicago
Daily News
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pillsdid nea great
lot of good, and il
it were not true ]
would not reanm-
mend them. It ..;as
the strain of lift
ing that brought
on kidney trouble
and weakened my
back but since
using Deans Kid
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'You said you we're going 10 see that /
was well taken care Of :,
did II" rejoined Senator Sorghum.
Eyes, SIR And now I want to know
whether you are going to keep your prom
lac.
my dear sir, that was not a promise.
That was prophecy .'-Washington Star.
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More Truth Than Poetry.

The worlds stage, and petty thieves
enact dangerous part, while those who
rob us largely are masters of the art.
The common thieves will stoop to rob a
henroost of hen. but robbing banks of
millions make of thieves gentlemen
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
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Another Piano PRODIGY

The London Academy OF Music medal
Tor piano forte playing, counterpart
and harmony has been won BY Max
Darenski, eight years old. There were
SO other competitors, the youngest OF
whom is % years old.-N. Y. Sun.
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4 Judge will sit on his bench all dag and
aav 20 times: You are discharged. re-
marked the observer of events and tallngs;
..but when he goes home ana hls we ns re- re.
Neat those words to the cookie s ready
for the woods. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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thas It has In Georgia. what is going
to become of the hog? Georgia pos
sibiy being the largest producer CT cot
ton oil products in their refined state
Of any Of our sister states it is aston
fishing to realize the percentage OF
housekeepers from Georgia who visit
here who have not made trial of these
products in their homes.-Dixie Farm
sr