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TIE BEST MEDIUMS

Lay it down as a safe proposition that
the merchant who advertises in the right
mediums regularly, persistently in season,
nsine good copy all the while, is bound
to succeed-bound to build mighty
trade.
The right mediums are the newspapers.
They get among the people morning aud
night. The whole world turns to the
newspapers for its news, its entertainment
and current information Of the doii ~ in
finance, trade, society and ia every sphere
Of human endeayor and diversion.
The most successful business houses
to-day are successful advertisers. They
stand towering monument ON the broad
highway Of trade, pointing with silent
finger to the premier position the news-
paper holds in The realm of eonmereialism
The great success of that merchant
prince, john Wansmaker, WIS achieved
through newspaper advertising. In his
early career Mr.. WanamakeF put his
profits into the newspaper to tall the
readers what lie was doing and what
were his aspirations.
He selected the best mpdiunis-the
home papers in both city and country
and ueed space day after day, except
! Sunday, and kept at it with the regular
ity Of tie seasons.
/ He called to his assistance the besi
writer's to prepare his announcements.
These advertisements were tilled with
human interest, and human beings read
them, and ell became interested and
made John Wanamaker what he is to-day
The greatest merchant Of the present.
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GREATEST pOrArO CENTER

The greatest center in the United
States for the production Of potatoes lies
| in the Eve counties of Virginia alo ig the
western shores Of Chesapeake bay. Tie
value of the crop shipped from this Sec
ton in one year averages$6, 600, 900, which
having been planted late in February, ia
harvested in June. During the four in
terveDing months, however, the Colorado
potato bug-or beet'e, as the entomo o
gists have it--reaps a harvest all its own,
and the trucker suffers heavy damages
as a consequence.
The department has been looking into
the ravages of the potato bug for some
time, and in d recent bulletin it gave the
farmers some expert advice regarding the
proper manner in which to deal with bis
bugship. The old manner Of minimizing
the ravsges of the potato bug is to satiate
his gluttonous appetite with mixture of
paris green and land plaster-one pound
OF the former to forty or fifty pounds of
the latter. The powder is put in bur-
lap bag and shaken over the potato rows.
Notwithstanding this treatment the
potato bug keeps right on thriving, a
new generation, each with'its inordinate
appetite for potatoes, being hatched out
in less than a week. To make the war
against the insect productive of greater
results the department of agriculture con
ducied series of experiments, with the
result that it now recommends spplica-
tions of liquid rather than the powder.
One difficulty with the land plaster, it
is said, is that it causes an acid condition
Of the soil which is injurious to the
plants. 1t is recommended, therefore,
that paris green or arsenate of lead be dis
solved with bordeaux mixture. The
lime, it is pointed out, prevents the ar
senic from burning the plants foliage,
and the bordeaux mixture appears to
have the bene fetal effect of increasing the |
yield OF potatoes.
The growers are advised to use spraying |
pumps, which will enable them to apply |
the poison generally, and to go over their |
fields at least three times during the sea-
son. This method, the department ex-
perts say, will prove vastly more effective,
will result in larger crop of vegetables,
and Withal will be more economical. It |
is asserted that the farmer will more than
save the cost OF his spraying outfit in
single season.
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EYRGLAss WEARING

ga greater number of persons than
ever are now wearing eyeglasses or
spectacles," said DIR. Eugene G. Win
ter of Boston. Cup to short time ago
the demand for lenses was SO great that
the manufacturers were sWamped with
ORDERS, and it was feared in this country
that there would be a serious dearth of
lenses. All of the glass that is used in
the optical business is imported. The
greatest part OF it comes from Germany,
the rest is made in England. It seems
that American glass manufacturers have
thus far been unable to produce glass of
the requisite quality for the eyeglasses.
"The greatest defect in American eye-
sight is its inability to see at great dis
tances. The majority of persons who
wear eyeglasses or spectacles are near
sighted. Even those born with perfect
eyes have been forced before they are
very old TO resort to glasses that they
may see everything going on. This
myopia is due almost entirely to the
artificial conditions that surround a hu-
man being in this present age almost
from bis very bsbyhood.
GAS cities increase in size and as the
conveniences that are offered in any one
city increase, 60 does the value of real
estate increase. And with the rise in
realty values the height of building in
creases and partitions become more num-
erous. Skyscrapers are effective obstruc-
tions to long ranges of vision. The more
or less vivid and tiresome colorings of
their walls have usurped in man's vision
the placa OF the restful and unfathomable
blue OF the sky. The apartments in
these new building are of smaller dimen-
sions than those in the old-fashioned
buildings, for the air space allotted to
each and every person in the community
must be curtaiIed to make the investment
on the building in any way profitable. II
makes no difference whether one be en-
ployed all day in a small office porIng
over set of books or whether he is hurry
ing about the city streets, he cannot see
very far about him. And even in his
home the walls of his room have been
grouped more closely about him.
"The fish that were found in the stream
of the Mammoth cave were discovered to
be totally blind, although they at one
time did possess sight. The same law
that was operative in depriving these fish
of their sight is operative to-day in the
great congested centres Of modern civiIiza-
ton, and it is only question of time
when the eyes Of those who are compel.
ed to work in artificial light all day long
will become go unaccustomed to daylight
that blinders will have to be resorted to-"
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TIMBER DECAY COSTS MILLIONS

Millions OF feet of timber and finished
lumber rot every year in railroad ties,
bridges, trestIes, piles, farm buildings,
fences, poles and mine props. The lum-
Der consuming public of the United States
pays perhaps thirty to forty million dol
lars year to make good the losses from
wood decay.
These great drains are source Of more
and more concern each year. Chemists
and engineers who have to do with the
uses Of wood are working increasingly on
the problem. The United States Forest
Service has men who devote their whole
time to it. The importance OF the prob
lem cannot be oyerestimated. Millions
of dollars are annually saved by preserva-
tive treatment of timbers, but much yet
remains to be learned.
Wood decay is caused by fungus,
vegetable growth sometimes 80 small that
it can be seen only with the microscope.
Its roots and branches, like minute hairs,
force their way into the wood tissues and
absorb or eat away the solid parts. The
collapse which results is called decay.
Timber is artifcially preserved by forcing
into its cells and pores certain substances
which prevent the growth Of fungi. As
long as this substance is present in sufi-
cient quantity, the germs of decay-the
threads and pores of fungus-cannot
enter, and the wood is preserved. This
often means doubling and sometimes
trebling the life Of the timber.
The United States Government con-
siders the investigations of the preserva-
tive treatment Of timber of such impor-
tance that the business of one office OF
the United States Forest Service, that OF
wood preservation, with new headquar-
tiers at Madison, Wis, is given over en-
tireIy to the work of experiments in
cooperation with railroad companies and
other corporations and individuals in
prolonging tie life of railroad ties, mine
props, bridge timbers, fence posts and
transmission poles.
The lengthening OF the life OF timber
means the saving of thousands OF dollars
annually through doing away with the
heavy expense OF labor and cost OF ma
teriai for renewals.
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POULTRY SHOW

In preparation for the Wilmington
Poultry Show, January 4th to 9Th, 1910,
the premium Iiste will soon be distributed
to the various breeders, dealers, show
secretaries, etc throughout the country.
In completing the lists Of special prem
iums, such as cups, merchandise and
cash, due credit will be given donors of
same. 1t will be gotten out in handy
presentable book form, and the adver-
tising thereby obtained as well as the
publicity at the show itself, will fully
repay for any small outlay made by those
who offer these premiums.
The society will be glad to hear from
any merchant or individual relative to
premiums. The officers believe that all
who assist in making the event worth
while will be repaid not only in assisting
the cause and in making poultry breeding
reach a higher standard, but in the ad-
vertising line as well.
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FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

/
] Eighteen hens that were feed milk last
winter, laid more eggs than 100 fed on
cnt bone and meat.
f 'ck might just as well roost ia trees
as in a hnuse full of cracks aud holes
which chills the birds in spots and pro-
duees bad colds
A hen too fat gets lazy; she takes no
interest in life. One too poor cares moth.
ing about her egg record The happy
medium is happy hen.
On some farms the young chickens are
allowed to roost outdoors during the sum.
mer and fall. They should at once be
trained to winter quarters, and the sooner
this is done the better.
1t is worth the poultry raisef's While to
remember that an earth floor is unhealth.
tul when the location is naturally wet and
not well drained. With this kind of
location it would pay to put in board
floor.
Hens will not lay during the cold
months unless given food rich in egg
material. Wheat and skim.miIk are
splendid egg producing foods; also parched
corn and Kafir corn.
Take no chances by having too many
chickens together in one flock. If YOU
see they are getting to be crowded in
their winter quarters, make thrift and
health a certainty by dividing them up,
oEselling some of them.
Keep lot of bag strings hanging in the
granary; and, many times, some in the
barn come handy. A broken harness
snap is good thing to hang them on.
A horse will do more, and do it ten
times more willingly, for the man who
has kindly ring in his voice and who
says, "Get up!" as if he were going along,
too.
Cleanliness in feeding will guard against
many diseases to which poultry are liable,
such as roup, gapes and diseases of the
skin. Dirty surroundings invariably aid
these ailments and they can best be
avoided by observing preventive measures
Grains and other hard food may be scat
tered on the ground, but soft food should
be given on boards or, preferably in
troughs or other vessels, into which the
fowls cannot place their feet and which
can be cleaned easily at frequent inter-
walls. Pure water for drinking purposes
should be supplied daily and never al
lowed to become stagnant.
The rows where you have had early
corn are excellent for celery.
Place a small quantity of cotton seed
meal around the newly set strawberry
plants or around the old ones. Cotton
seed meal generates vitality in the plant.
Don't put immature corn in the siIo.
It must reach the glazed or dented stage
before it will make good silage. I'm
mature. sappy stuff will be low in feeding
value, and will make sour ensilage.
Don't be 80 cruel as to work horse
day after day with sore neck or shoul-
der. Sores are usually caused by ill-fitted
harness and can in most cases be easily
cured if well attended to.
The hide and flesh of young horse are
more tender than those of an old work
horse. II the shoulders of the young
horse are allowed 10 become sore during
the first seasons work it is likely that
they will be sore or tender all the rest of
the animals life. If the young horse
passes through the first season without
injury the shoulders become toughened,
and with good treatment are likely never
to become sore.
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BISHOP FOR w1LnIEaroH CONFERENCE

Tie Board Of Bishops Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in session at Bing.
hampton, N. Y, has assigned Bishop
John w. Hamilton, of Boston, to preside
over the Wilmington NJ. E annual con-
ference, which will meet in Salisbury,
Md, next March.
Bishop Hamilton is 64 years old. He
was elected at Chicago in 1900, when ht
was a member Of the Pittsburg Confer
ence. He has spent most of his time in
the New England Conference. He has
never preached over the Wilmington
Conference.
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Mems and Boys Clothing cleaned and
pressed on short notice. Satisfaction
guaranteed. MRS. G. M. STANGER
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THE FARMERS PAPER

The Suns market reports and COM
mercial columns are complete and re-
Liable, and put the farmer, the merchant
and the broker in touch with the markets
of Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia and all other
important points in the United States
and other countries. All Of which the
reader Oets for one cent.
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THE WoMAN'S PAPER

TIE Sun is the best type Of news.
paper, morally and Intellectually. In
addition to the news of sne day, it pub
fishes the best features that can be pre-
sented, such ss fashion articles, and mis-
cellaneous writings from men and women
of note and prominence. 1t is an educa-
tor of the highest character, constantly
stimulating to noble ideals in individual
and national life.
THE sun is published on Sunday as
well as every other day OF the week.
BY Nail the ally sun, So year in
cluding the Sunday sun, $3.50. The Sunday
Sun a!one, S1.50 a year.
Address
A. s. ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
BALTIMORE, ND
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PRICE / CENT
THE sun
Baltimore. Md.
NOW SELLS FOR CENT, AND CAN
BE HAD OF EVERY DEALER,
AGENT OR NEWSBOY AT
THAT PRICE.
THE sun AT one GENT

u The Cheapest High-Class Paper In
The United States.
THE SUNS special correspondents
throughout the United States, as well as
in Europe, China, South Africa, the
Philippines, Porto Rico, Cuba and in
every other part of the world, make it
the greatest newspaper that can be
printed.
Its Washington and New York bureaus
are among the best in the United States,
and give The Suns readers the earliest
information upon all important events in
the legislative and financial centers Of
tina countrV
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THs FaAnsoaIrr, sI.Oo per year.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Of
BIaekbTd Hundred |

Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY:
Section g. That on all taxes paid be-
fore the fret day Of October there shall be
an abatement OF Eve per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day of Decen-
Der there shall be an abatement oiethree
per centaua. On ail taxes paid during
ne month of December there shall be no
ahatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid ou the frst day Of January fire
Der centurl thereof shall be added thereto
JOHN BETH.
coIIsDtoF ofTsxes for BIaekbirdHundred
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SCIENCE NOTER

The manufacture OF wire glass is of St.
Lonis origin, and the largest factory in
the world devoted to this product is in
that city.
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Resolutions of Respect.

KINGS MOUNTAIN TENT No. Ill X. o..
7. NJ, Aug. "a. Whereas it has pleas
ed our Almighty God in His divine wis
dom to remove from our midst our be-
loved brother. Sir Night James A. En-
gleman. therefore be it resolved
LIST. That in the death of Sir Knight
James A. Engleman this tent has lost
a true and faithful member. and the
community a good citizen.
End. That the sympathy and condo
lence of this tent be extended to the
members of the bereaved family and
friends, and that the charter Of our
tent be draped and the usual badge Of
mourning be worn for 80 days.
3rd. That copy of these resolutions
be spread on the minute book of our
tent; also copy of these resolutions
be presented to the family of the de-
ceased and copy sent to the INTERIOR
JOURNAL and Advocate for publication.
S. b. Chevolette. W. +. Lane, VIM.
M. Meeks. committee.
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OTTENHEIM.

Col. Kidd killed large "hoot" owl
that measured a feet from tip to tip.
A German by the name of Spitzler
bought a work horse of Mrs. Jane Cole.
man for $40.
Tobacco cutting is in full blast and
the majority of the farmers are well
satisfied with the yield.
Walter James, who is news boy,
with headquarters at Richmond. spent
last week with the homefolks.
VIM. Lawrence. of Harrodsburg.
who is a brother-in-law Of w. 7. White,
of this place. was visiting here last
week.
A. ]. Manuel. of Garrard, is with
relatives in this section. He reports
corn and tobacco above the average in
that section.
There is a big show billed for our
town Saturday, which means that the
knob capital is rapidly improving. The
prospect for large crowd is good, as
our people believe in patronizlng home
industry. Let Stanford give US good
crowd and see If we are not telling the
truth.
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fault with. In the words OF promi-
nent writer. anybody can find fault
who has a small soul, a feeble wit and
bitter tongue. To judge truly, one
must have a large soul. trained mind.
Catholic taste, a teachabie disposition,
a sweet ressonableness. These latter
traits. we hope will be the characters
tics Of pupil and patron. teacher and
trustee, not only in District No /, but
in every district in Lincoln county.
The Stanford Graded and High School
will open for work Monday. Sept. 9th,
and we have better facilities than ever
before. There Is a teacher for every
grade. There are three university grad
yates and others very capable. A high
school teacher Of five years experience
has been engaged. The county high
school is coexistent with ours. This
means that all the pupils in the county
prepared for high school work with
proper credentials are entitled to free
tuition. About Is names are already
assured and others will follow. Vocal
music and elocution will be taught as
they were last year. Art will be made
n special feature with Mrs. Catherine
McClary, a lady of special talent and
thorough preparation, as teacher. The
use Of color as n means OF expression
has come to be regarded by educators
as an important factor in the develop
ment of the child's mental powers.
This is not a mere fad or frill, but is a
cultured subject Of the highest type.
Better results will come Of other work
as the child is skilled in art. 1t is use
full as well as ornamental and all who
can possibly do so should take up work
in art. Parents and citizens are re-
quested to visit the school at any time.
IL is the school Of the people, by the
people. for the people.
J. W. IRELAND, Supt.
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NEWS NOTES.

George A. Park, aged SO, is dead at
Irvine.
Democrats Of Owensboro nominated
DIR. s. Lambert for Mayor.
J. B. Robinson, the engineer, was
killed in a wreck on the Pennsylvania
road near Youngstown, o.
Two women were killed and five 9TH
er persons were injured when an auto
mobile was run down by train at a
Big Four crossing in Kankskee.
J. 7. Myrick, farmer and mill man,
was shot from ambush and instantly
killed while riding along the road from
his home to his mill near Sayre, Ala.
A guest at the Stag Hotel, in Louis
~lle. registering as Frank Primer, Of
Ashville, N. c., was found dead in
bed. the victim Of laudanum poisoning.
The American Red Cross Society
plans to issue 100000 Christmas
stamps this year. The society received
over Sl3s, 600 from the sales last Christ
mas.
Mrs. NJ. A. McFaul, aged 6S years,
was killed and a granddaughter, Miss
Williams, was seriously injured by
Southern railway passenger train east
Of Knoxville.
Judge Burdette in the circuit court
at Charleston, W. Va. issued an in
junction restraining the State and coun.
ty officials from enforcing the two-cent
fare law against the Norfolk and West
ern railroad. The court holds the law
is unconstitutional and is confscatory
on its face.
Believing that an officer in uniform is
handicapped in the effort to suppress
violation Of the prohibition law in
Nashville, Mayor James S. Brown has
instructed Chief of Police Henry Cur
ran to order all pstrolmen to lay aside
uniforms until further notice and re-
port in plain clothes.
In order that sheep may be received
for exhibition at the State Fair and af-
terward be shipped out of the State,
the Department of Agriculture has
made the necessary notifications of the
Federal quarantine regulations relating
to sheep scsb in Kentucky. The tenn
porary unloading of sheep within the
State when desirable also will be per-
mitted.
The officials of the indianapolis
speedway. where five persons were
killed during the auto races last week,
have made important changes in con-
test rules. The most important one is
that no driver in a long-distance race
can continue more than 100 miles on a
stretch. and that the driver must sub
nit to a physical examination before
re-entering the race.
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HIGHLAND.
Fine weather for fruit drying.
Sorghum making will soon begin.

Fine weather for fruit drying.
Sorghum making will soon begin.
o. &. Speaks has brought in his
thresher and is now putting up a
new barn for himself.
II. Frank Horton and J. Wash Cook
have both had quite job cleaning out
and REVEALING their wells which caved
in during the rains through the Spring.
Dave Young. who has been living
near Nicholasylle the past two or three
years, has moved back to his mothers
place here. Mauser Baugh, who went
to Oklahoma in the early Spring. is back
in his old Kentucky home. Misses En-
ma and Martha Meier visited their
brother, Jake, at Somerset. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus Cover, of Turnersville,
were visitors at John Meters Sunday.
Mr.. Oscar Huffman and family are WIS.,
iting at Mr.. j. N. Meters. Miss Lula
Newell, of Science Hill, spent several
days with her cousin Miss Myrtle Berry.
Master Clarence Young, Of Nelson has
been visiting his grandfather. J. S
Young. Mrs. NJ. o. Bryant and daugh
ter, of Burnside. have been the guest;
of her mother. Mrs. Margaret Young
Mrs. Ora Foster and husband. of Lin
ME. gave us a call while en- route t
Stanford. Quite a number Or our PEG
pie took in the convention at Stanfor'
Saturday while number of others at
tended the sale of Mrs. Matte James
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Reduced Freight Rates to the Ken
lucky State Fair.

The Kentucky State Fair Manage
ment announces that it has secured a
positive reduction in the switching
charges into the Kentucky State Fair
grounds on all kinds of freight, includ-
ing live stock, from s. per car in and
81 per car out, to SO per car in and So
pet car out. They believe that in a
short time they will be able to induce
the railroads to absorb all the switching
charges and, in fact, have the promise
of some of the railroads to do so and
are anxious that all exhibitors know
that they will not have to pay such a
high rate, even if they have to pay any
thing, as they paid last year.
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Mrs. Pearl Creamer has filed suit at
Bedford. Ind. against NJ. Basley, for
ner saloon keeper of Mitchell, and the
American Surety Company, of New
York, who were his bondsmen, for
damages in the sum Of $1,000 for al
legged injuries to her husband, caused
by the defendant selling him liquor, on
which, il is alleged. he became intoxi-
Gated and staggered into passing
train, being rendered cripple for life.