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Money Of Various Kinds.

We need money as something Of
standard value to facilitate the ex-
change of commodities in the trading
that is inseparable with human life.
Trading in one form or another goes
on constantly ia the course of main
tanning our existence. We are con-
tinually exchanging what we have for
what we need or want, and money is a
standard by which relative values are
established. Skins of animals were
long used by savage tribes as money.
A mans fortune was reckoned by the
number of skins he owned When
animals became domesticated, the
whole animal replaced the skin as the
unit OF value. Among domestic ami
mails oxen and sheep wera the earli-
est forms of money, An OK was con-
sidered worth ten sheep. Cattle are
still recognized as the wealth unit
among Zulus and Kaffirs.
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Lucky Girl.

young man." inquired her father
sternly, will you give her a home
like the one she has been used to-"
NO" replied the truthful sutton, "for
there will be no grumpy father 10
come home and make everyone mis-
cradle by kicking over trifles and
swearing at matters in general. There
will be no mother to scold her from
morning till night for wasting time,
merely because she wants to be neat.
There will be no big brother to abuse
her for not doing half of his work and
no little brother to make enough noise
to drive her crazy when her head
aches. There won't be any younger
sister to insist on reading some trashy
novel while she does all the work. She
will not have with me home like she
has been used to, not if | can help it,"
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SEE THAT THE LIVESTOCK GETS
PLENTY OF MINERAL MATTER.
BY J. B. Rather, Chemist to Hx-
pertinent Station

BY J. B. Rather, Chemist to X
pertinent Station.
While it is generally recognised BY
the farmers OF Arkansas that they
must feed salt to their livestock. this
matter does not always receive To at.
tsnti0n 1t deserves. All animals ~
quire an amount of mineral matter d.
pending upon their live weight 80
whether they are growing or produc-
ing milk. II they do not get ~ re-
quired amount at any particular time,
they will draw on the supply stors1
In the body for their daily needs. Thks
leads to malnutrition and is dan
gerous.
A dairy COW, for example needs
about an ounce of salt per day, and
this amount Is especially necessary II
the flow of milk is heavy. The salt
is best fed mixed with the feed. 1t
is believed by some that this amount
OF salt is not enough. but as too much
salt is almost as bad as too little, It
is best not to exceed this amount.
II it is thought that the animal is
not getting enough salt IL would be
well to place salt in some place access
sibIe to the stock and unmixed with
any feed In this way there would be
little danger that the animal would get
too much of this material. Dairy COWS
also require a considerable amount of
lime and phosphoric acid. II this is
not supplied in some form, the animal
will draw on the supply stored in the
bones & : the latter viii be weaken
Cd. hese minerals are best supplied
by eding an adequate amount of
-oughage, preferably as cowpea or
some other leguminous hay. Atten-
ton to these principles means money
to the farmers of this state in the
form OF more milk and healthier AMI
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Novel Water Heater.

heaters has the form of nickel tube
seven inches long, with the usual cord
and plug connecting to lamp socket.
The resistance coil in the tube becomes
intensely hot very quickly, and 1t is
claimed iEat shaving water in which
the tube is immersed will be heated
in less than minute. In "A little longer
time small quantities of water or other
liquids can be raised to boiling.
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Lake Dolran Is Picturesque.

Lake Dorian Is a picturesque in
land sea some fifteen square miles
in area 1t is surrounded on all sides
by gentle slopes which, however, rise
to respectable heights both to the
north and west. The lake itself is
nearly 500 feet above sea level and is
interesting as marking the boundary
of three kingdoms, namely, Greece.
Serbia and Bulgaria.
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Measurino crepe Rlnqs Of Saturn.

The crepe ring of Saturn has been
observed and measured at the Lowell
observatory persistently wider on the
east than on the west side of the
planet, several months ago, by diff
ference of five-hundredths. This fact
will have important bearings on the
mechanics of the stability of the ring.
Any phase effect or defect of illumina-
ton of the constituents of the ring are
not sufficient to explain the phenom-
,enon on account of the diminutive
size of the meteorites composing it.
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TOM STR|NCFELL0W
GAINS n POUNDS
Railroad Nan Says Tanlac
Is the Only Thing ha,
Ever Helped Him
After Suffering
Four Years

1t the the people of this town
only knew what Tanlac had done
I ME YOU would sell q thousand
bottles tomorrow" said Tom
otflnefellow, weI-known en-
ployee of the Southern Railway
who llyes at 126 East Ninth
street, Admission, ALA, Mr..
Strlngfellow is we'll known in
railway circles and is on the
Atlanta and Birmingham divi-
sion.
l suffered from stomach
trouble and indigestion for four
years, continued Mr.. String
fellow, land got so I couldn't
eat anything. I fell off until |
only weighed 119 pounds and
finally got so weak and rundown
| was on the point of having to
resign my position. To tell the
truth just felt like life was not
worth living because I just SEEM
ed to be getting worse all the
time and nothing seemed to do
me any good.
/ would have awful pains in
my back and kidneys and could
hardly sleep. TWo hours each
night would be about all the
sleep l would get. Most always
after eating1 would have gas on
my stomach and, my heart would
palpitate. would get weak in
my limbs and have dizzy spells
and would have spots in front of
my eyes.
About a month ago | began
reading about Tanlac, and heard
the railroad men talking about
it. Several of my friends had
taken the medicine and said it
was a fine thing for stomach
trouble, so | decided to give it a
trial. The first bottle helped me
so much | kept on taking it and
have just finished my fifth
bottle. When | weighed the
other day | kicked the beam at
141 pounds, and was so surprised
| | turned around to see if some
enc was not standing on the
scales. Yes, sir, that's a fact, |
had actually gained % pounds
and feel like d well man again
for the first time in four years.
'Tanlac helped me right from
the start, and before | had fin
ished taking the second bottle |
got so | would eat and sleep and
work as good as anybody. That's
what the medicine did for me
and everybody who knows me
will say the same thing. Why, l
can just eat anything now and
indigestion never bothers me a
particle any more. | can sleep
good, too, and feel just fine in
every way. Speaking of eating.
my grocery bills have gone up
to almost double.
Just to show you what |
think of the medicine | bought
a dozen bottles today in order to
have a supply on hand. | would
not be without it for anything in
the world"
Tanlac, is sold in Brinkley ex-
clusiyely by M. B. Converse; in
Clarendon by w. E. Everett; in
Holly Grove by the Holly Grove
Drug Co.; in Hunter by Hunter
Drug & Mercantile Co.; and in
~ n A-l1-1An onH IN
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IRISH POTATO IS
GOOD MONEY CROP
Present Yield Is Entirely Too Low
Caused BY Insects and improper
Selection of seed.
BY w. FL. Wicks, College OF Agricul-
ture Fayetfeville Ark

DJ w. H. W1cks, College OF Agricul-
ture, Fayetteville Ark.
According to the last annual census
here were grown in Arkansas 1,5O0.-
600 bushels of Irish potatoes which
were produced approximately on a 10
tai Of $4,000 acres or at the rate of
sixty bushels per acre. This yield is
entirely too low and is due to such
causes as improper selection of seed,
planting diseased stock, improper cul-
tiyation and use of fertilizers, lack OF
hghting insect and disease pests, poor
grading and unsuccessful marketing.
Arkansas farmers can well afford
to give the Irish potato serious con-
sideration in making plans for the
year because it is attracting more at
tention in the Southern States each
year as a money making crop for the
early market. Assuming that one
third Of the entire yield of potatoes
IN 1914 for Arkansas were culls, and
allowing 80 cents per bushel for the
remainder of first-class marketable po-
tatoes, the potato industry was worth
to the State of Arkansas in 1914 the
sum of 100000.
The States Of New York, Maine and
Wisconsin, for example, have become
widely known through their potato
production. Southern states occupy
an entirely different field in the pro-
duction OF Irish potatoes and we
should turn our attention to the pro-
duction Of early potatoes for market
which are good early in the year whom
competition from the Northern potato
growing sections will not be exper-
fenced. All varieties are now CLASH
fed according to the following classi-
f1cation by Professor VIM. Stuart, Hor-
ticulturist, U. S. Department Of Agri.
culture:
Group 1-Cobbler
Group Triumph.
Group 3-Early Michigan.
Group 4-Rose
Group 5-Early Ohio.
Group 6-Hebron.
Group Burbank.
Group 8-Green Mountain.
Group 9-Rural -
Group 10-Pearl.
Group 11-Peachblow.
Group 12-Up-to-date.
The markets in the United States
demand the following varieties which
are given in order of their import
ance:
One-Rura.
Two-Green Mountain.
Three-Early Ohio
Four-Burbank
Five-Irish Cobbler.
Six-Bliss Triumph.
Peerless (Pearl).
For Southern growers, the early
maturing red-skinned varieties such
as Early Rose, Bliss Triumph, STRAY
Beauty, Irish Cobbler, Green Noun
tain and Rural New Yorker are the
most highly desirable on account of
their early maturity and the fact that
early markets are accustomed to as
sociate such characteristics of these
varieties with the early potato trade.
Bliss Triumph, Early Rose and Stray
Beauty are red varieties, while the
Irish Cobbler, Green Mountain and
Rural New Yorker are white varieties.
There are a number of varieties s.s-
perior in many ways to the ones Just
named. but the only guide the grower
may safely use is to grow what his
market demands and the shortcom-
ings of the variety must be overcome
by the grower by practicing the best
cultural methods.
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money to do The work"

money to do the work"
Mr.. Coffin explained that there was
coordination now in the air activity
| but that II needed even more concen
trated management. The Joint tactic
al committee, composed OF three tech
nical army and three navy men, he
said decides upon the type of ma
chimes desired and all matters pertain
ing to the construction of aircraft
They arrive at their decisions. he said
and submit them TO the Aircraft Pro
duction board, which is responsible
for corordinating the industrial activi-
ties required for the service.
Only recently, MIR. Coffin said. at a
conference of Canadian. British and
American air experts at Buffalo. a
type of training machine had been
agreed upon. so as to have a standard
type for the three forces. The French
have worked independently. One i'm.
portant development by American air
experts at the front, he said, had
been that of Il highspeed machine
used for scouting and attack.
Some OF these high.speed machines
are now in this country" said Mr.. COT
I'm. Others will soon be here, which
our manufacturers will standardize
with the French machine of the same
type"
Asked by senator Brady II he
thought the $54, 100000 carried in the
bill before the committee would be
enough to do the work mapped out,
Mr. Coffin replied:
Decidedly not. We need much
more than that, but we can do good
deal with it,"
Mr. Coffin felt confident, he said,
that Germany would not be able to
compete with the Allies in the air II
America pushed the work of building
tho airplanes.
''Germany's manufacturing resour-
ces are already strained to the break
ing point II she attempts to produce
she must weaken somewhere
else. We can have the air suprema-
cy and win the war If we go at the
work In dead earnest now and don't
stop until the war is over" Mr. Colin
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ort NopiuSoHs jury Stn, 1910.
ave have used "Fruit.a.tives'' in
our house for over three years and have
always found them q good medicine.
On, Htkegirl, Hattie, avas troubled with
A4dnsy Disease. The Doctor said she
was threatenedwith Dropsy. Herlimbs
and body wereall swollen and we began
to think she could not live. Finally, we
decided to try "Truit-a-tives". She
began to show Improvement after ue had
giSen her a tewta6lets. In short time,
the swellinghad all gone down and her
flesh began to look more natural. Now
she is the healAiest one in tile family
and has no signs of the old ailment.
We can not say too much for "Fruit-a-
lives" and would never .be without
them".
WILLIAM WARREN.
JOc. a box, 6 for $3.50, trial size, 25c.
at all dealers or sent postpaid on
receiptofprice by Fruit-a-tiyes Limited,
0gdensburg, New. York.
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suit of this battle has clinched the
statements which we have heard In
many directions for many months that
aircraft must ultimately be deciding
factor in the war.
Training fields are already under
construction and several more author
lied. The program OF construction
of machines is well under way. We
have producing facilities here to make
unlimited numbers OF machines
when once started on a definite pro-
gram. We cannot jump into this
thing and produce unlimited quanti'
ties within afew months
Senator Beckham asked how long 1t
would be before the United States
could create an adequate ''air navy"
1--WE ought to be far advanced by
Jan H. replied Mr. Coffin. 1--WE will
have to convert different factories for
the various phases of the work. Motor
concerns could be converted easily to
such uses, But we must have co-or-
dination, and the way to get it is to
create the department of aeronautics
with its head n member of the cabinet.
We must bring the army and navy air
operations under one head. We need
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| the Russian delacle enabled him to
rush heavy force from the eastern
| to the western front, surely he can
not hope to break the rapidly increas'
ing host assembling against him on
the western front.
The political and diplomatic develop
ments connected with the war are
also turning more strongly against
the Kaiser. The overthrow of King
Constine of Greece, whose queen is a
sister OF the Kaiser, is blow whose
force the Kaiser can neither dissemble
nor counteract. In all human probabili
ty the transfer of the throne to Prince
Alexander is only an intermediary step
which Will lead eventually to a de-
mocracy in Greece, precisely as the
Car turned his scepter ever to his
brother preceding the edict of demo-
crazy in Russia.
The fact remains that whether the
spirit of Greek democracy finds ex-
preston in a constitutional monarchy
like that of Britain or in an actual re-
public like France, IL has taken
step which means a great triumph for
the cause in which We have all enlist
ed in this great conflict.
Ii Is also a marked victory for the
entente allies who have been long
sorely tried by the manner in which
Constantine inspired by his German
consort has been thorn in the side
while they were trying to forge ahead
into Macedonia. The host of troops
kept practically idle i'm the region of
Saloniki all this time, will be freer TO
act. now that the government of
Greece is in sympathey with them
and the effect of their activity ought
to be felt in the immediate future.
There are no more little countries
for the Kaiser TO crush and he is now
forced to take 1t out in destroying
merchant ships and killing women and
children, in order to reassure his con-
stituents by continued reports of sue
cess. Sooner or later the German
people will come to take successes of
this sort at their true worth. even If
they are not forced by crushing
blow to dispense with the further ser \
vices of the kaiser.-Burlington Free
Press
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Reassurlna war peveIo aments.

The chief dark cloud over the Euro.
pean horizon at this time is the in
crease in the number of merchant
ships torpedoed by the Kaiser's sub
marines. Whether II is to be pos
sible to devise a means of meeting
this menace Is question that re-
mains to be settled.
All developments on land so far as
appears on the surface of things are
of a nature not calculated to promote
the Joy of the Kaiser. The raiding of
London and the killing of numerous
women and children in school are
hardly victories. On the contrary,
they are the very outrages calculated
to make the British fighters fight
more strenuously and British slackers
turn fighters. Sooner or later the
Kaiser will discover that warfare on
the helples does not help his losing
cause.
So far as real fighting is concerned
the British are continuing their disas-
trous drive against the Kaiser's forces
on the western front The latest ad-
vices are that Haig's men have forced
the Germans to abandon first line
trenches on an extended front, but
this daily report has been going on so
long that one has come to discount
that development 1t is to be taken
for granted that the Kaiser can not
turn the tide in that region If he
could not take the offensive while
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PROFIT BY THIS
Don't Waste Another pay.


When you are worried by back
ache;
BY lameness and urinary disorders
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
Follow Bennington peoples ex
ample.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's Bennington testimony.
Verify 1t II you wish:
Nicholas Butler, 121 Bradford FL,
Bennington, says: MY back was
very painful and at times when
would try to bend. sharp pains caught
me in the small of my back. The ac-
ton of my kidneys was too frequent,
causing me to get up several times at
night, The kidney secretions were
unnatural and contained sediment and
scalded in passage. | felt tired and
at times was very miserable. On q
friends advice, | used Doan's Kidney
Pills. About six boxes of this med
icine. procured at Gokay's Drug Store
removed the trouble. | have had no
kidney complaint since'
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Deans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Butler had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
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This Safely Removes Worms

Worms are common disease OF
children and every mother should
know their symptoms. Sallow complex
ion with dark circles under eyes, ir-
regular bowel movement with stom-
ach hard or swollen, grinding teeth or
itching may mean that Kickapoo
Worm Killer is needed at once. 1t is
mildly laxative remedy in candy
tablet form that children like. Kills
END removes the worms and let's the
child grow strong and healthy. At
druggists, 25c.
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Japan's Now Naval Base.

Japan's purchase from Portugal of
the little island of Macao. at the mouth
of the Canton river. near Hongkong.
has given Japan strong naval base,
such as Gibraltar gives to Great Brit
ain and Helgoland gives to Germany.
1t can be used to menace any Euro
pcan power that tries to thwart the
ambitions OF Japan in China.
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filters CAN WIN WAR
Navy Of the Air to be the Defensive
Factor In the Conflict.

Washington, June 14.7r"The Allies
must create new nayy-the navy oil
the air-if we are to win this war,
said Howard f. Coffin, Chairman OF
the Aircraft Production Board, in
testifying today before the Senate sub
committee which Is considering the
Sheppard,Hulbert bill providing for
an aeronautical department, with a
Cabinet minister at its head.
THE airplane is going to be the de-
cisive factor in this war;" Mr. Coffin
said. "Of that war experts are begin
ming to be more convinced every day. .
Mr. Ctfiin, who backed up Admiral
Peary's testimony OF Monday, said
the United States should rush work
on airplanes so that thousands of
them could be Shipped to France in
the next few months The WORK ought
not TO stop, he declared, until the war
is won
1t is becoming evident to those
who are studying this situation that
whatever factor aircraft may play in
the ultimate decision OF the fight, it
is a certainty that neither side can
win without the supre supremacy OF
the air.
That supremacy comprehends a
strip of territory from fifty to sixty
miles behind the fighting front" said
Mr.. Colin. AS matters stand now
the productive capacity is practically
balanced in Europe. 1t is a grave ques-
ton whether or not the German ma
chimes are not superior machines, but
il is a certainty that the personnel of
the Allies service is superior, man for
man.
There is difference in airmen.
The German is a more methodical type
of airman, who acts under orders,
while the British, French and Ameri-
can airmen use their own initiative
The airmen must of necessity act
largely upon initiative. and as ours do
and the Germans seldom do, we have
NE advantage. .'..tr
"As matter of historical fact, the
lighting in France is now practically
all behind the German lines. and this
gives the Germans one advantage in
the fighting in that when one of the
Allies machines is brought down, ii
IS on enemy territory. But the greater
advantage is with the Allies, in that
hey are helping, littleby little, to push
he enemy back. We have to lose ma
,hines and men, but we gain ground
n doing it.
1.-THE last movements of the allied
orces, about which we have been
'eading for the last few days, was
argely dependent upon aircraft at |
svery stage of it's move. There were |
hree distinct strata of aircraft in the |
lir-the light one-seater, the fastest |
lighting machines fifteen to twenty |
thousand feet in the air. These ma
hines were protecting the wireless.
The communication machines were |
lying at an intermediate altitude and |
every move of the troops, |
cling them where to advance and |
where to wait until machine guns had
cen cleaned out by artillery. Beneath |
hese two were bombing machines
ying low enough to use machine guns
With deadly effect. | believe the re-
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He Was Desperate.

Mrs. Hubb-Oh. John. you say that
II you lost me you would take to drink
ing. neglect your personal appearance
and 20 to the bad in every way. Hub
tfirmly) Yes, my dear; you can bet
II; Xix 1t so Id never be an inducement
to a woman again.-New Haven Reg
lister.
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littie Russia.

The people of Little Russia occupy
that part of the vast country which
Constitutes the steppes of its southern
central plateau and those of the Car
pathiun and Lublin mountains and
the Catrathian plateau
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TO RENT-Stores, offices, tene-
ments, shops, stables, individual ga
rage, individual storage lockers, fur
nished apartments and rooms all CEN
trally located. Geo. M. Hawks, 425
Main st. 72tf