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The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
INSECT POWDER FOR VERMIN
lice-Crude Petroleum Used With Excellent Results.

A sure cure for lice on cattle or colts is insect powder. Place on a brush and rub in. A steer placed over canvas and treated as above, was relieved of over pint of lice. Enough of the powder was applied to kill the young as fast as they matched, and in ten days the animal was entirely free of the past.
 Another correspondent writes that with paint brush he applies crude petroleum along the back of the an imal. Tt will not injure the hair, and the animals can be turned out during any weather Paint the henhouse once year and the fowls will not be troubled with lice"
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF TESTING SEEDS
Simple eermlnator for Home Testing.
After U. $. Dept. of Agri.

NBy O. L. PULLMAN, Botanist, North
 Carolina Department of Agriculture)
 Not less important than avoiding impure seeds is the avoidance of seeds having low or no vitality, which fact can be determined only by the germination test.
 Two tests were recently made with cowpeas at the same time and given ldentically the same cOnditions; in fact, the tests were placed side by side in the germinating chamber. In case of one sample there was no germination, while the other germinated 100 per cent Between these two extremes there are all grades of seeds having high or low germination, and this is true of all the different kinds As it is possible to obtain good high grade seed, no farmer should be willing to take the risk of purchasing seed whose germiEating quality he did not know nor be satisfied with only fair grade seed. Partial or total failure of crops is often due to no other reason than that the seed planted will not grow.
 At the laboratory the germination tests can be made somewhat more ac- curately, as with the germinating chambers the seeds can be given the temperatures most favorable for their growth. Kentucky bluegrass and a few other grasses are given special conditions; they are grown under small glass bell jars and the seedbed is kept saturated by means of a wick extending from piece of cotton fan nei cloth placed under the plotting pa
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
BIG NEED FOR RURAL THRIFT
Failing of Southerners to Let Money Slip Through Their Fingers With
 out Saving Any.

We need a better system of rurci credits in the South-nobody believes that more emphatically than The Pro. gressive Farmer which has so often pointed out the iniquity of usury and time prices es'-but lets also be hon. est with ourselves and acknowledge that there is great need for rural thrift as well as rural credits. Here are two big facts to emphasizes:
 l. We must get the saving habit Tt seems to be failing of Southerners7 as Doctor Knapp used to say, ito let money run through their fingers with out letting any of it stick And it s so. We simply haven't got the good, old-fashioned much-needed New Eng land virtue of saving and of being downright ashamed of ourselves if we wind up the year without having saved something-eveni if it's only quarter. The amount is not so important as the habit. In Massachusetts everybody saves. They even have school savings banks operated in connection with the public schools and in connection with the public schools and in three years time 100000 deposits have been made in this way. The child is taught to save along with the multiplication table and the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" and when he is old he doesn't depart from it. Massachusetts has but 3,300,000 people, including men, women, children and infants in arms but 2,250,000 of them have deposits in savings banks-nearly everybody old enough to know a quarter from a dime. it seems. There are five times as many savings banks depositors in that state as there are in all the twelve states of Virginia, West Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana combined.
 2. We must avoid buying "on time. ' This has been the bane of the South the Mother of Poverty. Now and then somebody says that we need easier credit" We don't need any thing of the kind. We need cheaper credit, but in the matter of buying it ought to be harder rather than eas. fer to get. It's because it's so easy to get-it's because our damnable crop-lien laws have made it so easy for man to gamble on the future hopes of himself, his wife and little ones-that we are as poor as we are Men who swear that s per cent inter est is too high, go right ahead and pay 40 to so per cent interest in the form of time prices" And the pathos of it. as one writer said years ago, is that these slaves of the credi, system are all the time within just one year of freedom" They are just one year behind
 May we not then appeal to every debt-slave in the South to make tust one superhuman effort for year te get out? A man had better live on cowpeas, mush, molasses and swee, potatoes one season, get on the cash basis once for all and be a free man ever after
 Let's make a fight for rural thrif, and rural credits both at the same time.-The Progressive Farmer.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Jump from Bed
 in Morning and
 Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink hot water each morning
 before breakfast.

Why is man and woman, half the time. feeling nervous, Respondent, worried, some days headachy, dull and unstAng; some days really incapaci. tated by illness.
 If we all would practice insideb ing. what a gratifying change would take place. Instead of thousands of half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with nasty. muddy complexions we should see NSwds of happy, healthy, rosy cheekkd people everywhere. The req son is that the human system does not rid itself each day of all the waste which 1t accumulates under our pres ent mode of living For every ounce of food and drink taken into the sys- tenn nearly an ounce of waste material must be carried out, else 1t ferments and forms ptomaine-like poisons which are absorbed into the blood.
 Just as necessary as it is to clean the ashes from the furnace each day, before the fire will burn bright and hot, so we must each morning clear the inside organs of the previous days accumulation of indigestible waste and body toxins. Men and women, wheth- CT sick or well, are advised to drink each morning, before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with tea spoonful of limestone phosphate in it. as a harmless means of washing out of the stomach. liver, kidneys and bowels the indigestible material, waste sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before put ting more food into the stomach
 Millions of people who had their turn at constipation, bilious attacks, acid stomach, nervous days and sleep less nights have become real cranks about the morning inside-bath A quar- ter pound of limestone phosphate will not cost much from your druggist or at the store, but is sufficient to dem- onstrate to anyone, it's cleansing, sweetening and freshening effect upon the system.-KNv
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
 TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color, Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur. properly compound ed, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded streaked or gray; also ends dandruff, itching scalp and stops falling hair. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home. which fs mussy and troublesome Nowadays, by asking at any store for eWyeth 8 Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy you will get large bottle of the famous old recipe for about 50 cents.
 Don't stay gray! Try it No one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair as it does 1t so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at time. by morning the gray hair disappears. and after another ap- plication or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
HIGH TYPE OF AGRICULTURE
Thorough Understanding of Fertiiz- CTS, Their Nature and Applica-
 ton, Is First Principle.

Dairy farming is the highest type of agriculture. A farmer of this class must look for success in the maxi mum productivness of a few acres The successful operation of such a farmer presupposes concentration of effort and acreage.
 A thorough understanding of fertiliz- CTS, their nature and application. may be regarded as the first principle of dairy husbandry.
 While the commercial fertilizers are beneficial, the farmer should strive to husband and make more effective the fertilizers of home production.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Healthy Fowl Is Active.

The healthy fowl is always active. If you notice a bird moping around, with dull eyes, a pale comb and wat ties, rough plumage and listless in it's actions, you may be sure that bird is sick and should be removed from the flock at once. Note it's symptoms carefully and give some good remedy for whatever disease it has. Too many neglect such important matters until it is too late to cure the diseased specimen.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02

be thick, and full of meat right down to the knee or hook. Thick loins, moderately fat, are demanded.
 The loin when cut in chops" is in greatest esteem if full eye" of lean meat is conspicuous. Mutton may be kept in cold storage for considerable time. and so kept it improves in quail ity, and in being eaten is more tender and tasty. The two sketches show a very choice and a common mutton carcass. There is no question as to which will sell for the highest price. Orange Judd Farmer.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
repartee and impudenee is in the size of the man who says it.
CLEANSE THE PORES
Of Your Skin and Make 1t Fresh and { Clear by Using Cuticura. Trial Free.

q When suffering from pimples, black heads, redness or roughness, smear the skin with Cuticura Ointment
 Then wash off with Cuticura Soap and Dot water. These super-creamy emol- t1ents do much for the skin because they prevent pore clogging.
 # Free sample each by mail with Book.
 Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Bost9lA Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Cholera a Germ Disease.

Hog cholera is a germ disease and cannot come as direct result of the hogs feeding on new or soft corn. Soft corn, however, may so improperly nourish the hog that it's resistance to cholera germs is lessened and may therefore easily contract the disease. In soft-corn years the use of a good conditioner is doubly important.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
lonu Life for Fenceposts,

The cost of treating post with creosote ranges from to 15 cents, according to the amount absorbed by various kinds of wood. After treat ment posts of willow. maple, elm should last 20 years, or longer than untreated chestnut or cedar.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Milk Combinations.

The milk producers in various parts of the country are forming strong combinations to enable them to get at least fair prices from the city distrib. utors. In Chicago and some other large cities, independent distributing companies. whose stockholders are aIl farmers, are being formed.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
F
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
 Ugly Spots.

There's longer the slightest need of Feeling ashamed of your freckes. the prescription othine-double strength-is guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
 Simply get of othine-doube etrength-from your druggist. and apply little of it night and morning and you ghould soon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It Is seldom that more than ounce Is needed to com pietey clear the skin and gain beautiful Clear complexion.
 Be sure to ask for the double strength othine. as this is sold under guarantee of < Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Objects of Flowing.

The chief objects of fall and winter blowing are to crumble the soil. de- stroy weeds, and bury trash and stuo- ble so that the soil may easily be pre- pared for new crop. A blow that does not accomplish these results is faulty.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Cheaper Money Needed,

We need cheaper money for the farmers. At present the farmers of the United States owe s5.00O,00O, ,00O. Money at a lower rate of interest will mean millions of dollars in saving to the farmers.-The Farmer.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Somethino Wronn

If you are offered more for your farm than you think it is really worth, just consider If there Is not some thing wrong with your methods in- stead of bad judgment on the part of the purchaser.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
keep Dairy Utensils Clean.

Remember that the most skillful butter maker cannot make fancy but ter from impure, carelessly handled cream. Nor can good cream be ob tained from impure, carelessly handled milk. Keep cows and utensils clean.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
GOOD AND INFERIOR MUTTON
Short-legeed and Plump Animals Pre- ferred by Butchers-Cold Stor-
 age Improves Quality.

Butchers prefer short-legged, plump carcass of mutton that is full of meat and not too fat. The neck should be short but thick, the body round, and the flank of small propor
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Avoid Registered Scrubs.

When buying a registered animal be sure to get something more than the registration paper and hide. Too many registered scrubs are being sold.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Make Cautious Start

Use caution in starting with such products as honey, squabs. mushrooms and ginseng. There is profit in these articles if we come to them after due study and experience.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
k. PROMPT RELIEF

1an bel found in cases of Colds, Coughs, ksaGrippe and Headaches by using taxative Quinidine Tablets. Does not Rnect the head or stomach. Buy your Winters supply now. Price 25c.-Adv
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Set Aside Prejudices.

To keep clear of prejudice and be willing to alter any opinion you may hold when further light breaks upon your mind is evidence of a clear brain and a sound heart
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
One Dangerous Practice

Some men carry lantern on their arm while feeding the stock. This is nearly as bad as putting it on the floor.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Lots of Fun.

V Society in Plunkville is so hollow" Still, a lot of folks seem to enjoy Themselves rattling around"
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Repair Farm Machinery,

Repair farm machinery now. You cannot afford to stop work in the rush season for repairs that can be made now.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
The Seventh Aoe of Man.

He is a very old man, isn't he?" We'll, he sis in his second dance
 Aood."
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Flowing Whiskers.

T have difficulty in eating spinach. "
 You shouldn't wear SO much of 1t, old chap. ."-Louisyille CourierJournal.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02

When man tells woman joke he usually has to follow it up with an explanation
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02

Don't get too selfimportant; the world will go on just the same after you get out
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02

# For hot grease burns apply Han
 oprd's Balsam lightly until the fire is 4ktracted. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02

# Men who invest in watered stock
 re apt to get soaked.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02

Many mans success at poker de- bends on the way he is raised.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Hard -Rittnd Anrses

Horses may be made hard bitted by he treatment given them when colts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28

Again, the woman who neglects her
self must continually fight an unequal
battle with her younger and better
looking sister.
Beauty may be only skim Deep but
the woman who has improved her COM
plexion and kept her face soft. white
and free from wrinkles by the use OF
Am.o-n nized Cocoa has an attractive
skin that suggests a refinement which
places her in a higher class than that
occupied by the careless woman who
has been Indifferent to the development
of her personal charms. Beauty is Wo-
mans birthrlght and natures greatest
gift to enhance this charm is Am-o-
nized Cocoa
Note.-Am-o-nized Cocoa recommend
ed above by winifred Grace Forrest, the
noted English Beauty Specialist is one
of the newer forms of cocoa cream.
Unlike the older products II is pleasant
to use, has a soft, fragrant odor and
is used almost exclusive for massag :
and facial treatment in the English
Beauty Parlors, American women who
are treated by Beauty Specialists
should insist that no other emolliehJ
be used on their face for massage.
Superfluous hair and ruined complex
ions too often result from the use OF
cheap massage creams. Am-o-ni1ed
Cocoa can always be obtained from any
first class druggist and Is so easy to
apply that the average woman has no
need for the services of Beauty Spe-
cialist.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28
NesO Method Better Than
Face-Peeling. Proues To
Be Great Aid To Beauty
Beauty Specialist Tells of Reliable Way
To Become Good Looking

Beauty Specialist Tells of Reliable Way
To Become Good Looking
II your pink complexion is fading, IL
wrinkles are creeping into your face
II salfowness Is destroying your beauty
or pimples. blackheads, freckles and
brown spots are making you unattrac-
tive. here is a simple, safe and reliable
method for overcoming these destroyers
of beauty that win bring you pleasant
and most surprising results. Take your
hand mirror to the window and ex-
anime your face closely noticing care
fully the size OF yoar pores, the depth
of your wrinkles and your natural ten
dency to freckle or facial blenlishes.
Next apply generous amount OF AM
o-uized Cocoa over the entire face and
neck and leave on FIVE or ten minutes
and then remove by wiping with a soft
dry cloth. A delightful surprise will
await you. I have seen hundreds of wo-
men with dry, sallow wrinkled and
habby skin and those with enlarged
pores and freckled pale faces entirely
remove these blemishes and more than
simply by using a little Am-o-nized
Cocoa once or twice daily as 1 have
explained above, and this, after they
had in some cases been treated by ex
pensive Beauty Specialists without OBJ
tanning any benefit. N many instances
women can make themselves look from
10 70 20 years younger. Many woman
has obtained high social position or Sc
cured advancement in business ahead of
her unfortunate rival who did not un-
derstand the power of beauty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28
S. P. c. A. Notes

To its plea for more general sup
port and increased membership made
by the Harrisburg S. P. c. A. there
have been encouraging returns. Every
day new names for membership are be-
ing sent into society headquarters, No
: North Third street There have also
been some special subscribers
This Is q good beginning, but the So
ciety's aim is 1000 members to put It
on a secure basis. Must this good
work cease or be curtailed to the point
OF ineheotiveness? With hot weather
at hand the sufertnss of animals in
crease. Must they be unprotected this
summer? For four years the Harris
burg s P. c, A has done much for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28

phia publishing firm of a practical
turn of mind to earn some money out
of the national enthusiasm, issued an
almanac in German, intended more
particularly for sale IN the German
speaking counties of Pennsylvania.
This calendar gives the chronology
and history of the Mexican war with
abundant and excellent pictorial illus
trations. One of these represents sew
oral American soldiers in Santa Annals
chariot. one of whom is holding up
Santa's wooden leg to the gaze of his
comrades, while others seem to be in
tent on diving into the specie chest.
Thousands of copies of this almanac
were sold. l doubt If to-day there is
a single copy of it to be found in the
city of Harrisburg except my own.
The American loss in this wonderful
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28
In MEXICO 20 YEARS AGO
IContinued from Editorial PaScl

impossible gorges. and the widest OF
scenery. stood the bristling hill COM
monty known as Cerro Gordo (prop-
erly Sierra). Here Santa Anna, who
hac FASTENED to the capital after his
defeat at Buena Vista, stood ready to
bar the Americans way with $1,000
troops and thirty-nine pieces of
artillery advantageously posted.
The attack upon and capture of this
apparently impregnable position is
pronounced by military critics to have
been the most scientifically fought bat
tie this world has ever seen. Cen
eral Scott issued, in advance, to his
commanders an order of battle in
which he not only detailed every
movement Of each division of the
troops during the attack, but indi-
Gated the exact time at which each
position OF the enemy should be taken
by storm and the movements OF the
various detachments after the battle
was won. And every single particu-
lar of his general orders was executed
to the letter and on exact time
Previous to the main attack, Scott's
soldiers had opened a road several
miles in length, through a country al
most impossible from rocks and
ton was gained on Santa Annals flank
and rear. After some desperate fight
ing here on the 18th of April, 1S47, a
general assault was made the next
day, front and rear, upon the cannon
bristling heights Col. Harney's divi-
sion leading in the first. and the di-
vision under GeDeral Twiggs in the
later.
The defense by the Mexicans was
determined and bloody. but in the
face of withering fire the American
soldiery rapidly pressed up the
heights, surmounting every obstacle
which the ingenuity of Santa Anna
had added to the natural defenses of
the position. and stormed the last line
OF Mexican defenses at the point of
the bayonet.
BY noon the Mexican rout was
complete. Santa Anna barely escaped
capture by fleeing on one of the mules
detached from his carriage. leaving in
the hands of the vtctors that vehicle
containing his treasure chest with a
large amount of specie, his wooden
leg, and his plans and specifications
for future action in driving the
Yankees" out of the land.
For several years after the Mexican
war the whole United States was sim
ply wild over the uneXampled
triumphs of American arms and Am
erican prowess. In 1s49, a Philadel-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28

battle was 4S1 killed and wounded.
General Scott captured 5000 prison
ers, 1000 stand of arms and As pieces
of artillery. The retreating Mexicans
also left more than 1000 dead and
wounded on the field.
After Cerro Gordo, Scott advanced
rapidly toward the Mexican capital
Two days after the battle, Patterson's
division occupied the city of Jalapa, 80
miles beyond. May 2, General Worth
forced the surrender of the celebrated
fortress of Perote. 40 miles distant
from the recent field of battle. The
surrender included 66 pieces of artillery
and an immense stock of artillery am
munition, enough to fire 5000
rounds. On the 5th of May, the same
division entered Puebla, a city of Co.,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28

90 inhabitants, to which Santa Anna,
mounted bareback on his mule, had
fed from Cerro Gordo. Santa Anna
al the head of 5000 cavalry made
feeble opposition, but his troops were
s"on dispersed. The Americans then
entered the city without opposition,
except as they were obliged to dodge
crockery, household utensils, pieces of
rock and other missiles hurled upon
them from roofs and windows by the
iratc citizens.
Scholars, for centuries, have been
reading The Retreat of the 10000"
as chronicled by Xenophon. In the
next number I will tell of a march
quite as daring, quite as full of thrills
and hazards.
(To Be Continued)