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RAINSBoRo.
Dec. 27. ,Oe.

DeC, ~, 10,
l.. d. Ladd, of Tucson, Okla, is
spending the holidays with his par
ents here.
Will Cameron, of Cynthiana, Harry
Mccoy, of Youngstown, and Mise
Grace Ferguson we're guests of E. A.
Cameron and wife Sunday.
r. r. Watts and wife and George
Miller, of Marshall, we're guests of J.
b. Davis and wife last Monday.
s. L. Yochum and family are spend
ing the holiday vacation with the
home folks near Mowrystown.
John waddell is improving his
property by the erection of a new
barn.
Miss Louie Roads, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. o. B. Roads, was married
last Wednesday evening to Ray
Cameron, of Marshall, at the resi-
dence of the officiating minister, Rev.
T. G. Carter. The happy couple then
returned to the home of the bride,
where bounteous wedding supper
was served.
Frank Adams and wife have been
spending few days with relatives In
Pike county.
s. M. Strain placed a car load OF
Angora goats on his farm just south
of our village on Tuesday of last
week.
]. L. Smith and wife entertained
several friends with a dinner on
Christmas day.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold
literary session at the M. e. church
on Thursday night of this week to
which the public are cordially
invited.
T. q. Harrington and wife enter
tanned with family dinner on Christ
mas.
W. T. Hodge and wife, who were
called to Liberty, Ind, last week by
the serious illness of their sister-in-
law, returned home today
The next number of our lecture
course will be on the night of January
s. Ralph w. Hull, the magician, is
the attraction for the evening and
will be prepared to do marvellous
things. Tickets will be on sale at
Cameron's store. Then on the night
of Jan. IA, DR.. VIM. B. Hartzog will
be here to lecture on Sunshine and
Sense. These two lectures come
close together as we failed to have
one in December but both come 90
highly recommended that no one can
afford to miss either of them.
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How They Are Kept In Good condl
ton In Sections of Missouri.
DIRT ROADS.

There are three tools that are being
used in Missouri in keeping the dirt
roads In good condition, the grader,
the drag and the harrow, writes cor.
respondent Of the Farmers Voice. The
grader, costing from 5000 to $500, is
used in rolling up the roads. This is
done, or, at least, should be done, In
the spring of the year. If the roads
are graded in the fall they get
terribly cut up by the travel after
the rains in the late fall and some
times become almost impossible. To
say the least, they are miserably
rough. When graded in the spring the
roads get bad enough in the winter
and spring, and It is only of late
years that farmers have learned the
use of the drag and harrow in putting
them in good condition again.
The road drag is easily constructed
by means of two timbers of split logs
from eight to ten feet in length and
about the size of heavy fence posts
They may be fastened together with
oak cross pieces or by round spokes
extending from the holes in one piece
to those in the other. Good chains
can be fastened to the pieces to which
the double tree can be attached. If
the drag is extra heavy, two teams
may be used by htching one at each
eLd. When dragging the road one
team should be kept a little ahead OF
tho other so as to pull the dirt toward
no middle nf ~ rood IL 10 a unnH
idea to have a sharp cutting blade of
steel on the underside of the front
timber II this extends about half an
inch below the edge of the timber and
slants forward II will help wonder
fully in cutting off the rough points in
the road.
The drag. though simple, is a great
invention. II is a power for leveling
the roads in winter just after a dry
freeze or in the early spring when the
roads begin TO dry. by running the
drag over the road, ruts and horse
tracks will be easily filed. II they
contain water, it will run out and
away, then the roads will soon be in
good condition.
The common field harrow, while not
So good as the drag, is being used fire.
quently for leveling roads. Best re.
suits are obtained by using the harrow
when the roads are rough, but dry. 1t
acts as leveler, but not as a grader,
by raking off the clods and bumps,
rulverizing them and filling the de-
rressions.
The neighbors in a community, with
the use of the drag and harrow, have
no trouble keeping the roads about
their farms in very good condition
during most of the year. OF course
there are times in rainy seasons when
the roads must be let alone.
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CARMEL.
Dec 27, 'Os.

Dec. q, '0S.
Frank Head, of HillsbC-o, is spend.
ing his vacation here.
Anna Keelor, of Rainsboro, spent
from Friday until Sunday with the
family of her brother, Oscar Keelor,
of this place.
Bessie and Stella Meyers, of Plum
Run, spent Sunday with Thos. Holla'
day and family.
10 Sans and family spent Thurs
day night and Friday at the Infirmary
Misses Grace and Carrie McCoppin
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with their mother and family here.
The friends of Ruth Benry gave her
a Christmas surprise post card show
er. She received fifty five beautiful
cards and a post card album.
John Sans and family spent Sunday
with Mrs Mollie McCoppin.
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MARSHALL.
Dec q, 'OS.

Dec 27, 'OS.
Rev. r.. Nj Johnson preached fine
sermon at the 9 U church Sunday.
Benton Parks and wife and 7. b.
cunningham, of Berrysville, spent
Sunday with DR.. Mason and wife.
The Ladies' Aid Society treated the
Sunday School scholars to candy Sun
day at the M. f. Church.
John Hogsett, of Columbus, is
spending the holidays with his par
ents.
A. G. Cameron and family will re-
move to Columbus in the near future.
Burch Elliott, of Tennessee, is
visiting his mother here this week
David Mccall and wife spent Christ
mas with friends at Fairview.
o. a. Hughes spent Christmas here
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QUARANTINE is MODIFIED.
Things Made Easier for Michigan and
Maryland cattlemen.

Washington, Dec. 24.--Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson Wednesday modi.
fed the federal quarantine on account
of foot and mouth disease In Michigan
and Maryland, because no infection
has been found in Michigan outside Of
Wayne and Oakland counties nor In
Maryland outside of Carroll county.
In Michigan, interstate shipments,
for immediate slaughter only, of cattle,
calves, sheep and swine will hereafter
be permitted from any point In Michi-
gan except from Macomb, Oakland,
Wayne, Washtenaw and Monroe coun-
ties. The authorities of the state to
which the animals are destined must
be willing to accept them. The recent
similar order applying to Maryland ex-
cept Carroll and Baltimore counties
was modified so as to require special
permission from the chief of the bu-
reau Of animal industry in each case
before the animals may be driven on
foot from Maryland. This special per
mission is also required In Michigan.
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PRICETOWN.
December 2S, 1908.

december 70, lSOo.
Miss Exile Martin, of Belfast, Is
visiting relatives at this place.
w. Gossett and wife entertained
number of friends Friday.
Miss Isma Faris and Amanda Frye,
of Fairvlew, visited the formers
grandparents, G. c. Faris and wife,
Friday.
Albert Dodson met with bad acci-
dent while working at the Landess
saw-mill when he slipped and fell on
the saw, cutting one of his hands
almost of
Mrs. W. S. Barker Is visiting her
brothers, Frank and William Miller,
at Piqua.
Misses Thursie and Sylvia Young
spent Christmas with their sister,
Mrs. Clara Landess and family.
Miss Lilly Gossett spent Saturday
night with her aunt, Amanda Pulliam.
Mrs. Lilly Donohoo, of Hillsboro,
visited relatives here the latter part
OF last week.
The cantata given at this place
Christmas eve was considered the best
we have ever had.
E. N. Pulliam and wife entertained
John Bennington and family and Alva
Gossett and family Christmas.
Ora Workman and wife visited the
latter's father, B. F. Cochran, at
Danville, Friday.
A clay pigeon shooting match was
held here Christmas afternoon. The
winners we're Frank Clossman and
Willie Turner.
]. G. Landess and son, Ed, arrived
at home from their western trip Fri
day.
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ROBBERS TORTURE A VICTIM
GEAR THE FEET OF AN OHIO MAN
AND SECURE $3.50.
Family Drueged While Bandits Obtain
Loot and Escape with stolen
Horse and Buggy.

Toledo, o., Dec. 26.-T3y burning his
feet with lighted matches, two masked
robbers compelled H. A. Schabow Of
Curtice, near here, to open a safe in
his farmhouse and turn over $3.50 Fri
day.
After tying their victim to his bed
with strips of a sheet and placing a
gag in his mouth, the bandits went to
the barn, stealing horse and buggy
and escaped. A posse of farmers are
in pursuit
Upon battering in the front door the
robbers placed an unknown substance
upon a heated stove which overcame
the family of seven, and the bandits
then operated undlsturbed. Schabow
is in a serious condition, but will re-
cover.
While one of the robbers was tortur.
ing Schabow with the matches the
other kept him covered with a revol-
yer, threatening to kill him If he ut
tered sound. Schabow was country
agent for the Lucas County Insurance
Company of Toledo.
The first the Schabow family knew
of the robbery was when the children
rushed to their fathers room to wish
him a merry Christmas. He was not
there, and upon entering q little front
room used as an office, they found him
upon the floor. unconscious, with his
hands and feet tied and a wooden NIT
ten stuffed In his mouth.
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Bsd ousssss Made by Men unskIIisd
In Horsefssh.

Many people, even among those who
frequently make ase of horses, have
little idea what an ordinary horse
weighs and would have much difflculty
to guess whether a given animal stand.
ing before their eyes weighed 500 or
1900 pounds. Yet they would have
no such difficulty with a man and prob
ably be able to guess. especially If they
were good Yankees. within ten or TWEEN.
ty pounds Of his weight. The govern
ments Of Europe have long been pur
chasing and weighing horses for the
military service and transferring them
from carriage or draft employment to
the various branches of cavalry and
artillery The animals are ordinarily
assigned according to weight. The
French military authorities find that
an ordinarr light carriage or riding
horse. such as in the United States
would be called n good little buggy
horse" weighs from 300 to 400 kilo-
grams-say from 800 to 900 pounds.
Such horses as these are assigned to
the light cavalry corps The next
grade above, which I'm civil life passes
as a "coupe horse" OF carriage horse
of medium weight, ranges in weight
up to 4S0 Kilograms. about 1,050
pounds This horse goes TO help mount
the cavalry Of the line.
Next come the fashionable "coach
horses" Of persons of luxury, which
weigh from 500 to $50 Kilograms. or
from 1000 to nearly 1900 pounds
These horses go to serve the purpose
of drill for the cavalry belonging to
the reserve military forces. Above
these there are still two grades Of
heavy horses. The first are those used
for ordinary draft purposes and are
commonly found drawing the omni.
buses of Paris where such vehicles
are still in use. These weigh froV
LOO to 1900 pounds. The heaviest
horses are the Clydesdales and Per.
cherons. which are oxen In size and
strength and which weigh from 600 to
800 and sometimes even up to 900 kilo-
grams-that is, from 1900 up to near
ly 1000 pounds. None of these Per
cherons OF the heaviest weight are
used In the military service. but some
Of the lighter ones are employed for
draft and artillery purposes.-Buffalo
Commercial.
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SINKING SPRING.
Dec. 27, 'Os

Dec. q, 08.
Jss Theresa Kennedy, of Ports
mouth, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Cecil Belleson.
Miss Edythe Drake is spending this
week with friends at Portsmouth.
Chas. Lawson, wife and baby, of
Springfield, are spending the holidays
with her parents, Frank Garman and
wife.
Miss Grace Merritt ia visiting rela-
tiyes!at BaiDbridge.
Harry Rhoads, of Middletown, is
at home for the holidays.
Miss nellie Butler, OF Elmville
spent few days last week with her
aunt, Mrs. James Butler.
James Faulds and family left Mon
day for Kansas where they will make
their future home.
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DO HAULING NOW.
Get Such Work Out Of the Way Before
Ground Gets In Bad Shape.

With the old plan OF managing the
farm there was always much hauling
TO do in the winter and In all kinds
of weather. have learned one thing
about hauling, says a writer in Farm
and Home, and that is 1t pays to do
II when the ground is solid
There is much feeding to be done
during the winter. Generally the hay
is stacked in the field at harvest time
and hauled to the feed racks as need
ed. | have learned to haul and stack
in the rack at harvest time. This
takes a little longer, but saves time
in the end and extra hauling.
do my hauling, as far as possible
when | have firm footing for the
horses. Trying to haul loads when
the ground is soft has made more
balky horses than any other cause. ]
believe, at any rate, this is a good
time to bring out the balk in them Il
there is any. II you want to save
horses, do the hauling when L ey can
do 1t easiest and It will be easiest foI
you at the same time.
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Easily Made vlneaar.

We make 10 to IL gallons fine ap.
pie vinegar every year. AS soon as
apples come, we take the parings and
put them in six-gallon stone jar and
tamp them with potato masher TIL
they are pretty we'll bruised, then
pour water over them till covered
We continue to put the parings In till
they have been in a week or more
then we strain out the parings and
pour the cider into keg and repeal
the operation till one keg is full. We
then lay an old piece Of cotton cloth
over the bung and let nature do the
rest. In two months we have keg OF
the fnest kind Of vinegar.
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AIDED HER RIVAL.
Romance Of a London Society Leader
and a Diamond Necklace.

The Jewellers Of Bond street could If
they liked tell many an amazing story.
There is no need to dllate on the fascl-
nation which scintillating gems exer.
else upon the feminine mind. That fas
cination is a fact and may serve to ex-
plain q mortal enmity which existed
recently and probably still exists be-
tween two well known society leaders.
To one of them a highly placed admir-.
er mentioned his intention to purchase
q diamond necklace. Knowing that the
lady possessed more than a superficial
knowledge of the value of stones, he
begged her to select for him what he
required. The price he was prepared
to give was fl 500. The lady jumped
to the conclusion that such a request
could have but one meaning-viz, that
she herself was to be the eventual re
ciplent of the gift. She thereupon Wis
tied the jewelers. shop and inspected
his stock, but at the price she was en-
powered to give saw nothing that par
ticularly took her fancy. A fascinating
piece of workmanship, however, did at
tract her, the price Of which was 5000
guineas. The desire 10 possess 1t be-
came irresistible. She arranged with
the jeweler to seud the necklace to the
purchaser and invoice 1t to him at the
agreed upon price. while she gave her
own check for the balance. Then she
went home and awaited the arrival Of
the gift. Some days passed, but there
was no appearance Of the necklace. A
horrible doubt which assailed her be-
came certainty a day or two later
when she saw the Identical necklace
she had helped to pay for sparkling on
the neck of younger and more beauti'
full rival.-Grand Magazine.
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TAFT WILL VISIT TEXAS.
Accepts Invitation from Thirty cities
Of Lone Star state.

Augusta, Ga, Dec. 23.-President-
elect Taft decided Tuesday to visit
Texas at some convenient time after
his Inauguration, preferably at the end
OF the special session OF congress
which he is to call to revise the tarin.
While his itinerary for the visit has
not been arranged he will make the
city OF Dallas one of the principal
points of the trip.
Thirty cities and towns OF the Lone
Star state united In a request for his
presence at any time he should choose
to come. The invitation expressed a
keen desire on the part OF the CONNER
cial bodies of the places in question
to make the personal acquaintance OF
Mr.. Taft.
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Fire Makes 1000 Homeless.

New York. Dec. 24.-More than 1000
persons we're made homeless and
100000 worth Of property was de-
stroyed in fire which burned out an
entire block of apartment houses be-
tween Second and Third avenues and
Forty-fourth and Forty.fifth streets,
Brooklyn, Wednesday. Twenty per
sons were overcome by smoke. but
they were rescued by firemen and car
ried from their burning houses 10
places OF safety.
The great Bush terminal docks on
the edge of the fire zone were saved
from destruction only by the strenu
GUS work of one of the big fireboats
which kept the flames from sweeping
over Second avenue.
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Explanations In Order.

A man whose wife was extremely
jealous planned pleasant surprise for
her in the form of trip to New York
to see "The Merry Widow" and wrote
a friend in the city to let him know
the earliest date for which he could Sc
cure seats The next day when he
was away from home the following
telegram was delivered there, address,.
ed to him, but opened by his wife:
Nothing doing with the widow un'
I'll the 10th, Wlll that suit your
Explanations were demanded.
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His Harmless, Candidate.

A Georgia farmer posted this sign on
his front gate:
Candidates VIII Pass On. No Time
to Talk to EN-"
One morning his little boy shouted
from the garden walk:
There's one o. them canderdates
here, and he says he'll come in any
howp
The man looked toward the gate and
said:
"Let him in. There's no harm in him.
l know him. He's been runnin' ever
since the war, jest to be a-runnin. II
runs in his blood, an he can't help itv'
Atlanta Constitution.
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Alderman CouohIln Freed.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-"We, the jury,
find the defendant, John j. Coughlin,
not guilty" This sentence, read in
solemn silence in Judge Newcomers
court Wednesday, threw the cloak Of
innocence around the massive shoul.
ers OF Alderman j, ]. Coughlin. A jury
of IL peers pronounced him guiltless
of having slugged Lyman L. Atwell,
photographer, at the First ward ball.
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Revival closes AII saIoons.

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. 23.-Every saloon
In Ottumwa was closed Tuesday night
as the result of a religious revival.
Saloon men claim the petition upon
which the saloons were closed is In.
sufficient, and one dealer will open to
stand prosecution as a test case. This
is the first time saloons have been
closed here since prohibition days.
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when You Put On Stockings

OF the heaviest sort, do your shoes
pinch, and your feet swell and per-
spire 4? If you sprinkle Aliens Foot
Ease in your shoes, it will give you
rest and comfort, and instant relief
from any annoyance. Sold Every
where, 25c. Don't accept any substi-
tute.
Maud-How pretty and careless
Mabel's hair always looks,
Gertie-Yes, and 1t takes her two
hours to make it look that way
Philadelphia Record.
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canal sIast Killed r,Wentv.one.

Washington, Dec. 24.-According to
the latest advices to the isthmian
canal commission, there have been 21
deaths 80 far as the result OF the pre-
mature explosion OF dynamite at San
Obispo December ~.
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Asto a courtship.

"He's telling everybody that she 10
his first love-
"And she7"
"She n cont'dug to select few that
he is he last chance louisville
Courier.Iournal
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cashIar Robbed Ais own Bank.

McAlester. Okla. Dec. 28.--H. Barr
Elliott, formerly assistant cashier OF
the First National bank OF Dufaula
was arrested Tuesday on information
charging him with the robbery of that
bank on the night OF December IL last
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Misses Louise Head and Nellie aud
Edith Thornburg, students of will
mington College, and VIM. Head and
G. Il. woodmansee, of Delaware, are
home fo- the holidays.
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Captious Crsomer-l want a piecs
OF meat without any bone. fat or girls
tie. Bewlderel Dutcher-M Madam, 1
think you'd better have an egg
Sketch.
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The W. r. SMITH DRUG Co.

The city of Aleppo has an estimated
population of l97, 900 inhabitants. II
Is the center of transit of certain ex.
ports from Asia Minor, Mesopotamia,
Arabia and Persia and is In a rich
mineral district.
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Willow baskets represent proper
ous industry, which was formerly
scattered. An enormous expectation,
chiefly to Germany, is the work of
several hundred poor families of
Italy.
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SeIf.DumpIna Sled.

turned and the load left where de.
sired. II necessary, it can be drawn
from either end, and will save lot of
extra lifting in unloading the material.
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When winds shrek high in flemish
glee,
And enters winter with his key
Protect yourself, from disease be
free;
Take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea.
The w. r. SMITH DRUG Co.
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REVERSIBLE SLED.
II 10 Easy to Load, and Easy from
Which to Dump Load.

Here is a sled that will work either
side up. and from either end. It is
handy for hauling stones or other
heavy material, as 1t can be over.
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Celestine-And has Mr.. Pryor's
church such a small congregationP
Hilda-Yes, indeed. Every time he
says "Dearly beloved" you feel as If
you had received proposal.-Maga-
zine,
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-07-02
s,IEFEREp TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled ana Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputa- tion Was Necessary-Beleves
 Life Saved by Cuticura.

'I have been treated by doctors for twenty-five years for a bad case or eczema on my leg. They did their best, but failed to cure it. My doctor had advised me to have my leg cut off. Al this time my leg was peeled from the knee, my foot was like a piece Of raw flesh, and I had to walk on crutches. I bought a set of Cuticura Remedies. After the first two treatments the swelling went down, and in two months my leg was cured and the new skin came on. The doctor was sur prised and said that he would use Cuticura for his own patients. have now been cured over seven years. and but for the Cuticura Remedies might have lost my life. Mrs. J. B. Renaud, PIT Montana St., Montreal, Que. Feb. 20, 1907."