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Meade County news., 1916-12-28

cultivator without breaking down the
stalks. If the condition of the soil de-
mands IL, shallow cultivation should
continue, even though the corn is tas-
selling. A small implement with sew
eral narrow blades and short single
tree may often be used for maintain
ing a soil mulch after the corn is too
tall for the use, of double cultivators.
Some forms of the one-horse cultivator
are especially adapted to cutting off
weeds. Blocks nailed ON the handles
Of the implement will protect the
hands from the corn blades.
1t is sometimes profitable to remove
weeds even by the costly process of
hand hoeing, and at as late date as
the silking time of the corn.
Walking Double cultivator.
With q good riding or walking dou-
BILE cultivator one man can cultivate
as many acres as two men with one
horse cultivators, and with the most
improved types he can accomplish the
work more easily and fully as well.
Because Of this saving of labor, double
cultivators should be used wherever
practicable. Two-row cultivators
equipped with four gangs of shovels
and drawn by three horses are meet
ing with favor In the central prairie
states. AS one of these completes the
cultivation of two rows of corn each
time is crosses the field, one man can
cultivate 10 acres per day. In many
sections 1t is often difficult to obtain
laborers when they are needed and, as
with these two-row cultivatorS one
man can cultivate as many acres as
two men with one-row twO-hOrse cul-
tivators, their use is likely to increase,
especially in comparatively level sec
tions free from stumps and rocks
where corn is planted by means Of
two-row planters. Some forms of these
two-row cultivators are mounted on
two wheels, like twO-horse double cul-
tivators, while others made for plow-
ing listed corn are carried on runners
or low, broad wheels designed so as to
follow the rows made by the lister.
Three-row cultivators of this type are
used to some extent on large fields
free from distractions. Very stumpy
land or tall corn may necessitate the
use of one-horse cultivators.
ShoveIs for Cultivators.
The kinds of shovels with which 1t
is best to equip either single or double
cultivators must be determined by the
character of the soil, size of the corn,
and the size. and nature of growth of
the weeds to be destroyed. Without
exception, any form of shovel found
to do good work on one-horse culti-
vator can be attached to double or
twO-rOw cultivator. In some cases the
surface cultivator does better work
than the disk cultivator which may
leave narrow strips of solid soil that
are not covered with fine, loose soil.
All forms of shovels should be so adj
justed that the loOsened soil will make
n fine and even covering for the harder
be modified at the farm blacksmith
shop for special use on river-bottom
land, where bindweed, man-Of-the-
earth and other vines and weeds are
hard to control. Sharp horizontal
blades at the bottom of shOvels strike
the weeds squarely, so that there is
little chance for them to escape by
slipping by either side, as is so COM
mon with ordinary. shOyels.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
SWAMP-ROOT STOPS
SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered, re-
member it is needless to suffer-go to your
nearest drug store and get a bottle of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. 1t is a physicians
prescription for diseases of the kidneys
and bladder.
1t has stood the test of years and has
reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This prescription was used by Dr.. Kill
mer in his private practice and was 20
very effective that it has been placed on
sale everywhere. Get bottle, Soc and
$l.00, at your nearest druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
G.A~ 2z5zaAz
Il n
Ordinary Furs Disguised.

1t is not the fur that counts, say the
couturiers, this season. 1t is the fin
ish, the way the fur is dyed and
treated that renders it smart. And so
consistently is this idea carried out
that it is difficult to recognize we'll
known varieties, according to Vogue.
Rabbit masquerades under all sorts
and some of the furs with long hair
IRE dyed and figured as strange new
furs. Squirrel is dipped in dye and
nerges as a new sort of chinchilla
>r as some hitherto unheard-Of fur
!,om that land of strange furbearing
animals-Russia. The fireside cat is
even offered up on the altar of fash
ion, and one shudders to think that
ones latest set of marmot may pos
sibly have been the police dog.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
The Third Degree AGAIN.

A famous captain who was stupid
but brave, ignorant but willing to
learn, once had suspect in the third
degree" room, and was endeavoring to
find out who were his accomplices.
"Vere yer you last night?" asked
the captain.
"In the back Of Blanks saloon"
"Vat vas you doi4g?"
II was playing solitaire" answered
the suspect.
Zach, now have your" shouted the
officer. "Who vas you playing soil.
taire with?"
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

From head to foot the dainty wom-
an likes to have all her belongings e1-
press refinement. Whether her taste
be grave or gay (and it is sure to be
both) she strives to make her love OF
beauty and her personality apparent
in everything she wears. Her sense
of fitness, and her disposition, may
cause her to appear on the street. in
the most reserved Of tailor-mades, but
within her own four walls look for
gayeties that blossom at their prettiest
in her own room.
Such flowerlike things as are pic
tured here flourish in the garden Of
the boudoir, among other pretty lux
uries that every woman loves. They
are easily made and may match the
negligee or be selected to harmonize
with 1t. Light tints look well with
white and almost any color.
The set of slippers with garters to
match, as pictured, will look well with
any color, which makes them safe
choice as a gift. The toe slippers are
made of lambs'-wool soles covered with
light pink satin. A fiat elastic band,
covered with pink satin ribbon shirred
over it, makes q loop that is attached
to the back Of the sole and holds the
slipper to the foot. The satin that
forms the toe is covered with light
lace having the pattern run with silver
thread. Three small, fiat rosettes of
satin ribbon are mounted on the toe.
They are joined by ribbon and look
like flowers.
The Garters are made of elastic
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

"Now look here, Alice, know every
thing. You've been carrying on with
another man. even know that his
name is Rupert"
"How ridiculous you are! First of
all haven't f1irted with anyone, and
secondly, his name isn't Rupert !-
Passing Show.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
All Wrono.

A minister was questioning his Sun
day school concerning the story Of Eu-
tychus, the young man who, listening
to the preaching Of the Apostle Paul,
fell asleep and, falling out Of win
dow, was taken up dead.
"What," he asked. "do we learn from
this solemn event?"
The reply from little girl came:
"Please, sir, ministers should learn
not to preach too long sermons. Tit
Bits. 80 ..
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is a serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
the high priced meat dishes and serve
your family more Skinner's Macaronl
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
licious and most nutritious Of all foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling
how to prepare 1t in hundred different
ways. It's free to every woman.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

bands with ribbon shirred over them.
A fiounce of the silver-run lace falls
from the covered band and helps make
lovely background for three rosett0s
like those on the slippers. Such an
enticlng bit of adornment is within the
reach Of everyone who knows anything
Of needle work and even a million
airess can't have anything prettier.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
Not New but a Little Different.

The French silk and velvet corsage
flowers which have been used for a
couple of seasons, done up in minia-
ture bandboxes, have returned in the
same or even daintier boxes with rib
bons punched at the sides and there is
a difference in the flowers. The heart
of each tinted rose or orchid holds a
tiny vanity ease with all its appoint
ments.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
Getting Their Dues.

The latest story of the 'Bang went
saxpence" series: There were two
Hielan'men an they were at the front.
An yin O. them cotch hen an the
ither yin was jist goin' to thraw its
neck.
mo the noo," says the first yin;
"let her be till the mornin'. She micht
lay an egg."-London Tit-Bits.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
HoteIs the Victims of Frauds.

Hotels Of the United States are de-
frauded out Of $1,0O0,oOO year, ae-
cording to a statement made by Will
liam NJ. Davis Of Cambridge, Mass,
before the National Congress Of Amert-
can Hotel associations in New York
city.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

IMITATION IS siNcEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita-
ton has not the worth Of the original.
Insist on la Creole" Hair Dressing
it's the original Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price $1.00.-AdV.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
Moral Sickness.

n1re's pathetic letter from shut
"Ah One of those unfortunates
doomed to spend a lifetime in bed or
an invalid chair?"
"Um. Let me read further. 1t seems
he's shut in for ten years, with time
Off for good behavior. r."-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
Medical.

"The farmer said that one of his
little pigs was sick, so / brought 1t
some Sugar|
"Sugarl What for"
"For medicine, Of course. Haven't
you ever heard of sugar-eured hamsY'
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
CANADA AGAIN
A PRIZE WINNER
Highest Premiums Awarded at
Many Exhibitions.

The Fall fair season is past and a
retrospect of them shows that Western
Canada Is stronger than ever In the
matter of exhibits, and has taken more
than her usual share of the prize
money. From Western Canada to
Texas is a long look, from Alberta,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the
southwestern corner of Texas is sew
eral days journey, but the enterprislng
farmers from this new country to the
northwest were wide awake to the
possibilities that waited them at the
International Dry Farming Congress
held at Ell Paso, Texas, few weeks
ago, to bring to the attention of those
In that far-off corner what the land of
Western Canada could do in the pro-
duction Of grains and roots from its
soil. And what did these farmers do?
The first thing was to carry off the
first prize and sweepstakes for wheat.
That was fOregone conclusion, for 1t
has now become an established fact that
nowhere else in the world Is there
grown wheat of the high character and
market value of Western Canadian
wheat. The same may be said of oats,
Of barley and Of rye. But when it came
to notice that Western Canada took
first prize for alfalfa, it was then that
more special attention was given to
the products from Western Canada. 1t
showed that in that country there lies
the opportunity for supplementing the
wonderful native grasses, so full of nu-
triton that with the tanned varieties,
among them being alfalfa, the cattle
with no other food were fattened and
fitted for the shambles. Western Can
adas worth was proved as probably
the greatest mixed farming portion of
the continent. When the steers from
the Western Canadian prairies reach
the Chicago stockyards they bring
the top price and outweigh those from
other places where grass fattening is
the process. But 1t WIS not only in
grains that Western Canada carried
of the highest honors at the Ell Paso
exhibition. Potatoes, parsnips, beets,
carrots and rutabagas also took the
highest honors. In root production
this country is becoming favorably
known.
The question often arises as to mar
IT'S. There is always the highest
R awaiting the producer, and as
rs the Hudson Bay Railway, now
completed, reaches the Bay,
will be an additional outlet for
oduct Of the farm. The Pacific
route, via the Panama canal, win
NAnother outlet of which full ad-
5 e may be taken. With virgin land
at from SIS to 500 per acre, and
rzved farms at reasonable prices
On easy terms, there is no better
rtunity for the man with limited
MS and desire to secure home
he least cost in a country where
an soon become wealthy, as thou
Is Of others have done, than in
;tern Canada. To the man with less
MS and who is prepared to accept
rm Of 100 acres free, the Domin-
Government offers him his choice
Nstricts that have land of the high
type, but at present being from ten
Wenty miles from a railway.
he Peace River Country, now being
ned for settlement and reached by
way affords excellent opportunity
the homesteader. To secure infor-
.tion as to Western Canadian lands
ite the Canadian Government agent,
4ose name appears elsewhere in this
per.-Advertisement.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
Fathers Definition.

"Pa, what's a running accountT
"It's an open account in dry goods
store, my son, which keeps your moth
er running downtown all the time to
buy things"
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
u. s. Navv Is 25 GOO Men Short,

The total enlisted strength of the
United States navy is 25,000 men short
of the authorized number, according
to a statement made before the house
subcommittee on naval affairs during
a recent hearing in Washington.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
Population Of U. S. GROWING.

The census bureau estimates that ON
January 1, 1917, there will be 102,826,
300 people in the United States and
11,428,976 in it's outlying possessions,
showing q healthy gain.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
A Deem Rooted Business.

Snow, dad, I'm through college and
.dy for work."
Good enough"
I want to learn this business of
IS from the ground up"
'ush, boy. l have men In my sub
nents who have been working up
'ly for five years and haven't
ed the ground floor yet"
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
PED CROSS srnRN

Red Cross Ball Blue and what It
vill do seems like an old story, but it's
rue. Red Cross Ball Blue is all blue.
No adulteration. Makes clothes whittier
han snow. Use it next washday. All
I'd grocers sell it.--Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
COVETED RY ALL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head of hair. II yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re.
store 1t to its former beauty and luS.
ter by using La Creole" Hair Dress.
ing. Price $1.0O.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
Inconvenient.

after all, it's no crime to be poor"
Maybe not, but no poor man can
afford to hire lawyer to prove that
1t isn't"
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
His Last Resort.

Employer-Want more salary, eh7
Clerk-Yes, I am thinking of marry
ing. If 1 earned a bit more
wouldn't Town Topics.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

There are Sob radio stations in the
United States.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

According to modern etiquette, the
amethyst is the only stone which my
be worn du-AAA mourning.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

Anuric cures Backache, Lumbago,
Rheumatism. Send l0c. DIR. V. M. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, for large trial package
Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

A thin paste Of wood ashes and lem.
on juice will renew tarnished brasA
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

Nearly 80 per cent of Germany's al.
cohol Is made from potatoes.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

The United States coast guard last
year saved 1907. lives.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28

WoMAN's GROWING GLORY
10 her hair. II yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t In
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-28
onlu One .RRoMo nInN1In1r.
All Wronn.

To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININB. Look for signature OF III w.
GROYn. Onres a Cold in One Day. 26e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
southeru RaiIvav showinc

"For every dollar which the south paid to the Southern Railway company for transportation during December, 1915 according to recent bulletin, the company paid to individuals and industries located in the south for labor, material supplies and other purposes SLY, this being due to the large amounts expended for construction pur- poses" said General Freight Agent R. l.. Simpson.
 ''The total amount distributed by the company during December for labor, material, supplies and other purposes was $5,S61.516 of which $6,0S2,6S7, of S6.71 per cent was paid to individuals and industries located in the south, this being s743,40S in excess of the total moneys paid by the south for trans portation, as shown by the figures an nounced by Comptroller A. H. Plant.
 "The expenditures by the company during December for improvements te it's roadway and structures amounted to S649,626.6S as against $S45,504.46 during December. 1914 and S192,512.45 dur ing December 1912.
 During the six months ending with December the expenditures for improve ments to roadway and structures were $S, ,437 ,391.40, as against $4.436,265.17 for the same period in 1914, and $1,4S2,65S. 2S during the same period in 1913."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09

Statistics furnished by the Canadian remount bureau show that only 10 per cent of the Canadian horses at the front have succumbed so far, and most of these were killed in battle. There are about r, 900 horses with the Canadian army corps in France, Each infantry division has 625O. The horses of each division are cared for by 12 veterinary officers and one mobile veterinary section composed of 27 surgeons. Horses slightly wounded or in- disposed are treated and sent back to the front by the division veterinarians. Those on the firing lines are cared for by the mobile surgeons. When troops are marching or being transported on trains all injured horses are collected and sent by rail to the nearest veterinary station. When they are fit for duty once more they are redistributed among the troops. The skilled treatment these horses re- ceiye frequently saves their lives under conditions that would have been fatal in their former environment. It is said that on one occasion out of GOT sent to a field veterinary hospital only F died. Horses suffering from as many as 10 bullet wounds have been cured and sent back to the firing line in three weeks. Some of the wounded animals are sent back to the front after spending but one week in the hospital. The war horses are well stock have become much fatter since they have been on duty in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
COURTESY MEANS SAFETY

From the Knicllerbocker Press.
 An excellent set of rules for motorists
 has been promulgated by the Wolverine
 Automobile club of Detroit. It is based
 on the slogan of courtesy first" It is
 not designed to supplant the honorable
 principle of safety first,' but it is be- lieyeG to be more comprehensive than it's predecessor. Courtesy, indeed, means safety, and courtesy on the part of mo- torists will not only protect themselves and others, but will go a long way toward solving vexatious problems of traffic
 where safety is not factor.
 Each of the rules in the courtesy code concludes with the adrnonition Be Cour-
 teous.' Here are some of it's important
 principles; . Do not hog the middle of the street. Keep out of the safety zones. Do not dodge in and around cars. Do not presume too much when you have the right of way.
 Do not cut in front of a street car. Slow up or stop when you see people or the curb trying to reach car. When pedestrian does not pay any at tention to your, horn, remember that the deaf use the streets as well as you. When you have an insane desire to speed, remember that you have no more right than others to break the law. When you see a child on the curb slow | up, remembering that the child can start more quickly than you can stop. 1 The reckless motorist is vanishing 1 quantity. Drivers of pleasure cars are recognized nowadays as an accommodate 1 ing and kindly group of citizens Drivers i of commercial trucks do not always be- 1 have so well, but even they are rapidly l improving in deportment. The broad 1 ening and humanizing influence of the au- i tcmoble has added enormously to our stock of good will and the principle of "courtesy first" will meet with acceptance on the part of the motorists because it
 expresses their state of mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
Large Profit in Stock Farms

Under suitable conditions no branch of husbandry is more profitable than stock raising.
 Alabama is especially well adapted to stock farming, and in the alfalfa belt cattle and mules can be made to thrive and yield larger returns than cotton, even when the boil weevil is not destroying the crop.
 Several men of national reputation have made large investments in the black belt. About three years ago the late James B. Haggin bought 5000 acres of rich land and from that estate the Haggin dairies near Lexington, Ky, are now being supplied with al falfa. The purchase of this fine tract by so successful a stock raiser as Mir. Haggin was, of course, a valuable ad- vertisement for Alabama.
 Shortly after MT. Haggin's entrance into this state's alfalfa zone" Leslie H. Shaw of Iowa, ex-governor of that state and ex-Secretary of the United States treasury, spent a week in Alabama, and as a result of his investigations into agricultural possi- bilities, invested $50,000 in farm lands. And now comes another promi- nent man of large means, South Trimble, clerk of the lower house of Congress, and buys an 800-acre es- tate in Dallas county as money making investment.
 When such men buy farms in Ala bama it should be only a question of a short time before homeseekers set tie hereabouts by the hundreds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09

From the Spectator.
 As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in
 it but himself; for if, by chance, he has
 been surprised into short nap at ser mon, upon recovering out of it he stands
 up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them. Several other of the old knights par casions; sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation
 have done with it; sometimes when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces Amen three or four times to the same prayer; and sometimes stands up when everybody else is pon their knees, to count the congregation, or see if any of his tenants are missing.
 I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend in the midst of service calling out to one John Mat thews to mind what ne was about and not disturb the congregation This John Matthews it seems, is remarkable for
  was kicking his heels for the diversion. This authority of the knight though exerted in that odd manner which accom- panies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see anything ridiculous in his behavior; besides that the general good sense and worthiness of his character makes his friends observe these 1 little singularites as foils that rather set off than blemish his good qualities. 1 As soon as the sermon is finished, mo- body presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between double row of his tenants, that stand lowing to him on each side; and every now and then inqu1res how such a
 ones wife, or mother, or son, or father l do. whom he does not see at church; | which is understood as a secret repri- 1 mand to the person that is absent