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THE BANNER. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 24, 1911. ““■■a ENGLISH ECOIOMIST • Oil AMERICAN l R. One A 1 hens Market Bought and Sold Thirty-Nine Hundred Rabbits IE GOVERNOR AKO THE GOVERIER-ELECT Funeral Will Be Held al Noon today from the First Presbyterian _ Church Here. (From Tuesday'* Banner.i The Intelligence of the death ot C'apt. T. J. Scott Sunday night has caused the lntensest sorrow to a large (Ircle of friends In this city, this sec- llon ot the state and over the state generally, where he was known and luted. About his life and death the following was yesterday afternoon nrltten by one who knew him for j ears Intimately: Thomas Jefferson Sqott. One visit of death to each human being Is certain, but Is attended with sadness and sorrow equaled by noth ing else. Such a visit was made on ihe night of February 19th, at 9:?9, to our friend and neighbor, Hon. T. J. Scott. The visit was not unexpected for the sufferer for several days was merely waiting and when death ap peared he surrendered without a struggle. He met death as he did every other trial In life, with courage and quietude nnd dignity. Mr. Scott was born August 1st, 1843, In Madlsotf county, and was a son of Capt. W. W. Scott. His moth er before marriage was a Miss Dan iel. i He was being educated for s phy sician, but he responded to the call for volunteers in M861 snd on his re turn at the close ol the war In 1865 he gave up his contemplated profes sional career, and devoted himself to farming, of which he made a sue- c<ss from the beginning. He was al ways prominent In the affairs of life pertaining to the public good. He represented Madison county in the general assembly In 1884 and 1885. He Introduced and parsed the prohi bition statute for Madison count;, nnd did more than anyone else In having It adopted by his people. In the legislative halls, as at home, h* made friends of all who knew him sufficiently to realize his resl worth. In 1890 he moved with his family to Athens for the benefit of the schools, though he retained his plantations in Madison county, and never lost In terest In the welfare of that section. Rome years ego he and his boys pur chased ■ controlling interest in the Tafmage Hardware Company, snd he was president of that corporation at the time of his destta, though he de voted his time principally to bis farming Interest. Mr. Scott was married twice, his lirst wife was a daughter of Mr. Geo. Kberhart, Sr., nnd his second wife, of Mr. Geo. Eberhart, Jr. His im mediate family Surviving him, are Ills widow. Mrs. Montle Scott, snd eight children, to-wlt: Messrs. Will, George, Howard, Lamar anil Tom Scott, and Misses Maggie and Mozell Scott, and Mrs. Ruth Williams. He leaves also two brothers, Mr. Jno. C. Seott. of Madison county, and Mr. Dan Scott, of Texas, and two sisters. Mrs. R. P. Sorrell and Miss I.lxxle Scott. Few men have left a 'record such as his. He knew neither fear nor hatred, nor envy nor malice. Friend ship to him was not a name, but.* reality. A friend’s call was not only answered promptly but with the gra ciousness that made the friend feel that the service being rendered was a pleasure. The test of a man is the estimate his wife and children places upon him. Measured by this teat Mr. Scott discharged every domestic duty to perfection. The solicitude of wife ar.d children concerning his welfare, the absolute consideration and defer ence to his wishes, the unchanging confidence lit his Judgment and the tender love shown him by each and r.il furnished the evidence unmistaka ble and conclusive that he was a man In the highest sense of the word, and that he was a husband and father never excelled and seldom equalled, lie was a quiet man In his way, but Kept abreast with the times, and es pecially with the needs of those who have been unfortunate In life. His charities were not proclaimed, but were bestowed with judgment and liberality. He will be missed by rep resentatives of all the walks of life for ho was the friend of all. Early In life' he united with tbe Presbyterian church, and lived and died an exemplary Christian life. If It be true that a tree is known by Its fruits, then this tree Is accept able to Its Maker. HORSE fell over, crushing ITS YOUTHFUL RIDER Canon, Ga., Feb. 20.—Special.—Last Friday morning, Orin Bowers started to ride horseback to Carnesvllle and bis horse began to stand on his hind feet, and as a horse can’t do well on lust two feet, he stood Just a little too straight, overbalancing and fall ing backward, with Orin on the bot tom side. The horn of the saddle struck him on one side of the bowels, >'tbd it was thought for a day or two it might be fatal, but he is getting tt'ong nicely. and will be *11 right In a short time, It is hoped. 0 llow does a "four billion dollar congress" fit you! The River and Harbor* Appro* priation Bill Will Be up For Action This Week. Washington. IJ. C„ Feb. 20—The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation bill. Is still in conference, two propo sitions. Inserted by the senate know n as the Beaumont-Orange project, and the continuation of the waterways commission being the particular fea ture of the bill over wblch there Is iiMieb debate, the senate* and the bouse conferees dividing on the pro position. Last Friday the conferees bail an extended session and very many of the Items In the controversy were^agreed to leaving the larger piopoatlons to be threshed out at an other meeting to be held tomorrow. There Is probably no subject that more vitally affects a great propor tion of the American people than that of transportation. With the growth of population and production the need foe transportation grows still more rapidly under a mathcmatncal law identical with that under which the telephone exchange breaks down In a large city. Two persons or two towns may be connected by a single transportation line or half a line to each; three persons or towns an he tonnected only by two lines or one each and four only by six lines or one and half each; and so the ratio runs up until the transportation har den by any given means may become unbearable when the means or short cuts must be devised. The greatest marvel of all human history has been the development of -railway transportation In the Fnlted States, though It has come about so steadily as to seem more common place than marvelous. For hair a century our railways, confident In their growing strength, have under taken to meet our transportation re quirements and most generally they have discouraged other devlees. Dur ing the stage of extension develop ment they performed their duly well; but now that the stage of Intensive development is upon us with Ingreas- Ir.g density of population nnd Improv ed modes of production the system has broken down—it has reached its own and necessary limit. An earlier generation decared "fire Is a good servant, but a bad master;’’ today but few Omerlean citizens will hesi tate to declare the adage equally true when "railway" Is substituted for "fire.” On one side of the transportation question stand the railways. On the other side stands the finest natural Inland waterway system In the en tire world—the mighty Mississippi with It* tributaries spreading from the Appalachians on the east to the Rockies on the west nnd stretching from our northern boundaries to the Gulf: the noble Columbia, the once effective Sacramento and the num berless rivers and sounds of the At lantic and Gulf coasts, a net-work ot navigable waters once largely use<j for traffic now nearly neglected. Dr. W. J. McGee, connected with the bureau of soils of the department of agriculture, an economist anil sci entist of note. In speaking of the neglected rivers said to your corre spondent that “If oar rivers were put to their normal use they would re- llcve the recurrent freight congestion, stimulate production, lower the cost of commodities and re-open our wan ing export trade. If a quarter of the current freight and passenger move ment were transferred from the rail ways to the waterways and thereby moved at a quarter of the current cost which Is quite feasible there would he an apparent saving of half a billion dollars annually in traffic charges, reducing the current trans portation burden to $20 per capita or $100 per family, or a dollar an acre on land, all of which saving nrtght be measured In reduced cost of living. Excluding a few thousand well-to-do city families the typical American family pays out for the necessaries of life an average of about $400 per year of which a third goes directly or In directly for transportation and once this fraction Is reduced from a third to a quarter by cheapening of the rates through water carriage, that typical family cannot fail to enter on new lease of prosperity If not of life It self. CARNIVAL IN THE PHILIPPINES. Manila, Feb. 20.—Manila’s annual carnival week has arrived and for seven days beginning today the resi dents of the capital, reinforced by thousands of visitors from all parts ot tbe island and from China, Jap.m and other countries as well, will devote themselves to pleasure and merry making. The carnival this year prom’ |*es to eclipse all slm;la_r affairs of the past. In addition to the amuse ment attractions special pains have been taken this year to provide an elaborate bazaar and other features that will attract nnd interest the bus Iness man. This week will probably sec the beginning of the end of the New 5 orb senatorial deadlock. Sheehan appears to be a loser and Just who the demo crats will center on stems to be quite uncertain. Governor Dlx still refuses to attempt to coerce the leg islature In any way and will not'hear any talk looking towards electing him as a compromise candidate. Says That American Railways Arc the Finest in the World in Eveiy Way. New York. F.h. 2«.—Mr. W. M 1 -Vckworth, w$io*e tank in England at an authority on railway economics compares with that of President Had ley, of Yale University, in the United States, and who from time to time in* spects American railways In the in terest of English i.4 estors, has ret cent)* returned to England after a two months' inspection of the rail ways of the United States. Just before sailing for England, Mr. Arkworth in commenting on the pres ent status of railways In the United States, said In part: “I have been somewhat surprised to see the space that has been given in your newspapers to the criticisms of the efficiency of -your railways. It has been my opinion that In actual economy of operation the railways of the United States are first in the world. In the number of tons per oar. cars per train: in the fullest utilization of locomotives: in the ob taining of the greatest measure of re sult for each unit of expenditure, they are not equalled by the railways of any other nation. When the Greek commanders after the battle of Sal- amis voted who should receive the prize for valor each put his own name first, but ail put the the name of Themistocles second. And Themis- tocles received the prize. So too though German. French and English railway men would, I dare say, all put their own railways first In effi ciency they would nil. I am sure, put yours second, and on the voting of the experts your railways would come out first. 'Hut further, your nation as a whole Is not in other matters pre-omeinently efficient. No one would say that your farmers were more efficient than those of France and England or that your government Is more efficient than the government of Prussia. Your railways have reached a higher stan dard in international comparison than your farmers or your government, and under greater difficulties, for In Eng land and on the continent employment with a railway company is a prize and tf man hopes to remain in the service of the same company throughout his life. He is, therefore, obviously more amenable to discipline than the shift ing and often even foreign force em ployed on your railways "The investors of Europe and even your own Wall street seem hardly to grasp tITe enormous amount of money that must be spent upon railroads to keep pace with your growing traffic. If your traffic doubles every ten years, as it substantially does, you will need not perhaps to double your facilities every ten years, but to increase them at least by f»0 per cent. The eleven hundred millions per year specified by Mr. Hill as necessary for this pur pose is none too much. The inhabit ants of your western and southern states, your people in general, must understand that this capital cannot he obtained in their own eommunties. "Textfs and Oklahoma have no money to spare for railroad building. They want it all for their own local busness. Even the east cannot find nil the money required. This money in largo measure must for a long time to come be raised abroad: and the investors of other lines will not be willing to subscribe it so long as there is a continuance of the harass ing conditions which tend to impair the revenues of your railways, to hamper their administration and to retard their development. If the rail ways of the* United States could reach a time when state legislators ceased from troubling and state commissions were at rest it would in my thinking be good for the railways and still bet ter for the citizens of the United Stales." CHESS TOURNNEY IN SPAIN. Madrid, Feb. 20—San Sebastian, the famous watering place where the king of Spain spends his holidays, is today the cynosure of all eyes in the chess world, for there have gathered the greatest chess experts of Europe and America to take part in the inter national masters' tournament. It is generally admitted taht the tourna ment which began today has a strong er entry list than any similar event that has taken place in years. The contestants include Marshall, the American champion: Capablanca. tbe Cuban champion; Rubinstein. Bern stein and Nienizowtsch, the famous Russian masters Schlechter, Vldmar, and Durns, of Austria; Teichmann, Leonbardt, Tarrasch and Spielmann, of Germany; Burn of England, and Janowski of France. EXHIBITION OF AERIAL CRAFT. Boston, Mass., Feb. 2C.«-Aeroplanes of every type, including several ma chines that have established records for distance, speed or height either in this country or abroad, are includ ed among the exhibits at the second National Exhibition of Aerial Craft, which opened In Mechanics Building today and will continue to hold forth there until the end of the week. In addition to the various types of air craft the show comprises a wonderful display of accessories, which Illus trates almost as much as the ma chines themselves the amazing pro gress in the field of aeronautics dur ing the past few years. Athens has been in a rabbit-eating mood this winter. One market alone has brought in from only one point of shipment, ac cording to the statement of the pro- prietor, thirty-nine hundred rabbits • r-iUep the beginning of this winter's i j «us* n. The fact became known to !>r. J. I*. Fort and he has taken the pains to say something about it antf offer a suggestion in the light of tlie facts set forth. His article is as fol lows: Raise Rabbits for Profit. Seeing a nuthber of our common rabbits for sale at one of the supply stores of this city, I asked the mana ger as to the supply and demand for rabbits, and where obtained. He re- plied that they came from various places near At liens and at my sag gesiion I wrote and he signed the following: The Statement. "There has been shipped from Klondike, a railroad station eight miles from Gainesville, this season, from Nov. 1, 1910, to Feb. L*»th, to the Adams market at Athens, thirty- nine hundred rabbits. They were oh tained in a radius of three or foul miles from the railroad station. They were all shot. They averaged about two pounds each and cost us from thirteen to fifteen cents each. Strong demand at all tlnteu for rabbit. Wo sold them for aroftnd twenty cents each. A. T. ADAMS, Mgr. Adams Market. The Suggestion. While there is so innch discussion as to the price of meat and our fu ture f(K»d 'supply I feel assured that a cheap, nutritious and wholesome supply can be obtained from the com mon rabbit If commenced and pus sued intelligently. Enclose some of our abandoned fields with a good wire fence and by sowing a small amount of small grain for winter sup ply I feel assured our rabbit can be raised with great financial profit. The rabbit may be called a ground animat. He eats every green thing in front of him. They raise from two to three broods per annum without attention. With some food supply this number can he greatly increased. It is not a question similar to the Belgian hare that was taken hold of by so many a few years since. This bare, or rabbit, had to be housed and fed and the food lie ate consumed the value of the rabbit for market. Our ordinary rabbit will care for him self in the winter's storm and sum mer's heat. With ordinary environments afford ed by almost any land near us. I am confident the rabbit may become a source of income from property that is now of no use. With a little attention it would be come partially domesticated ami would be easily caught in a net when desired for market. As a Georgia boy and from a life of observation In the fields nnd woods of our state. I know how prolific nnd resourceful the rabbit Is—how diffi cult to exterminate, above all. how nutritious nnd wholesome his flesh is for birds, beasts, and mankind. JNO. I*. FORT. Friday Nights are Unlucky For the Feathered Tribe of Classic City Friday is certainly an unlucky day for chickens and chicken-owners in this vicinity. Last year there was a short epidemic of hen-stealing for a few weeks and it will be remember ed that in that attack of the evil to which the city was subjected the {hefts were almost every time com mitted on Friday nights. Another at tack is upon Athens—and nearly every Friday night for a month or more there have been hen roosts lob bed of many choice fowls. There seems to be a system nbout the thiev ery—a different part of the city being made the object of the visitations each week, but the robbery is always, cn a Frday night. Perhaps the Sat urday’s busy trading may be calculat ed upon by the thieves as a day when the loot can be more quickly ADMINISTRATION BliSY~ OH RECIPROCITY President and Secretary of Agri culture Arc Working For it Passage. disposed of. Mr. Wingfield lost several fine on a recent Friday night. The next Friday night Mr. E. II Dorsey lost twenty beautiful hens. On last Fri day night the hennery of Mr. Walter Hill was entered and robbed. He hnd placed an electric burglar alarm on his henhouse—so that when any one entered the building a bell would ring In his room upatalra In the home. The thief got wise to that scheme and quietly nipped the wires with a pair of pinchers, entered nnd robbed the house without anyone being the wis er till the next morning, when a doz en fine blooded hens were missing. The police and detectives are using every precaution to catch up. with the thieves and if caught they will be dealt with severely. LIVfLY fWAYOft’S RACE IN CHICAGO Whirl wind Stage of Game Has Been Reached With Primary Just a Week Away. Washington, I). (\, Feb. 20.—While President Taft does not believe that the opposition of the farmers of this country to the proposed reciprocity agreement with Canada is nearly so deep-rooted or so widespread as sonic persons are endeavoring to .have it appear to be, he nevertheless recog nizes the fact that such opposition ex ists and is likely to prove xery trou blesome in bringing about the con summation of the proposed agreement unless it is overcome. Consequently his most urgent appeals and his most persuasive arguments in behalf of the measure are now being directed to the American farmer. In line with the president’s recipro city campaign will he the trip of Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson to Buf falo tomorrow, where he is to deliver a Washington's birthday address be fore the Ellicott Club of that city. Secretary Wilson in his address will pursue the same line of argument In regard to reciprocity used by the president in his recent speeches* in Columbus and Springfield, but will go more into the details of the plan and and the manner in which it may be expected to affect the interests of the American farmer. His speech will be a direct reply to the arguments going the rounds that the farmers! and farmer organizations of the coun try are opposed to Canadian recipro city. President Taft believes the Secre tary of Agriculture is probably the best informed man in the entire coun try on all that affects the interests of the farmers and he is sure that his arguments on reciprocity will he val uable. It is declared by sources close to the administration that the Nation al Grange, which has been widely quoted as opposing the agreement, has not a^ted a? an organization and that the entire clamor has been made by a few of the officers of the organ ization who are personally opposed to reciprocity and ar<> seeking to have the organization indorse their views. A little more talk about the annex ation of Canada and the Canadian re ciprocity agreement will meet its de feat in Canada. It takes two make a bargain and if the statesmen at Wash ington really wwish the reciprocity agreement to be made, then they will wisely cease to talk about annexing Canada. Chicago. Ill., Feb. 20.—One of the liveliest ftiayoraity campaigns that Chi ago has seen in years entered up on the whirlwind stnge today, with but one week remaining before the candidates of the two parties are chosen at the direct primaries. The election will take place early in April. The primaries are attracting a vast amount of public attention. The can didate favored by the republican or ganization is John P. Thompson. Be sides him the two strongest- republi can candidates are John F. Smulskl, who has long been a prominent figure In republican city politics, and Alder-, man Chailes E. Merriam. Mr. Mer- rinm is a professor in the University of Chicago and a writer on political science. As head of the so-called Merriam commission he laid the graft in the city administration and brought about the removal of several city officials. The democratty* contest brings to life again the old rivalry between for mer Mayor Carter H. Harrison and former Mayor Edward F. Dunne. Mr. Harrison, who was mayor for several terms, following in the footsteps of his father, is again a candidate on an independent democratic ticket. Ex-Mayor Dunne’s campaign has the slogan, "Nobody wants him but the people." Mr. Dunne is a lawyer. When mayor he made a good record. He lowered the telephone rates, and, although he vetoed seventy-five-eent gas. an ordinance was passed giving the people a reduction from $1 to R." cents. Another leading aspirant for the democratic nomination is Andrew J. Graham, who is the choice of Roger S. Sullivan, member of the democratic national committee. Mr. Graham is a private banker and is credited with corporation leanings. His opponents for the mayoralty nomination allege flint he hns spent upwards of $3nn,ft00 in the ante primary campaign. Among the Issues figuring more or less prominently In the campiiign are graft and vice, cheap gas, lower tele phone rates, subways, and universal transfers, the smoke nuisance, and co’d cars. It may be that Elberta will pull through it after ail. Both arc Writing Cards These Days About Conditions Agri culturally in State. Atlanta. Feb. 20.—Governor Jot. M. Biown and Governor-elect Hoke Smith both appear to )>e indulging in the card-writing fad. Since the campaign is all over and the state's administration is settled for the next two years to come. It might be said they are writing front the standpoint of the statesman rath- et than that of politicians. But writing cards they are in w hich they are presenting their ideas o' tilings that should be done in Geor gia. Governor-elect Smith began some time ago when he issued a statement relative to the treasury situation and ids views of the method which should be employed in raising sufficient funds to make payment to the school teachers. He also forcasted other re forms which he would recommend, notably a change in the time of in auguration of governor from June to January. Later the governor-elect came along with a detailed statement of what should he done toward Improving the rural schools In Georgia, and also for the betterment of agricultural condi tions. His latest was the disclosure o f the alleged boll weevil plot against the cotton crops of Georgia nnd South Carolina, nnd the method by which the conspirators proposed to destroy the crops in these states by scatter ing boll weevils In the cotton growing counties. There have been varied views ex pressed of the boll weevil plot. By seme It lias been viewed with seri ous concern, while others have laugh ed at it. Experts in the department of agriculture In Washington, have informed State Entomologist E. L. Worsham, that the execution of such a conspiracy is entirely possible, and flint the situation should be watched. On tho other hand the story has been laughed at by many ns a fanciful tnle. Governor Brown. In his cards or In terviews. has devoted himself to par ticular topics relative to agriculture. He has discussed In one interview the Value of the citron as a cattle food, has urged In another the speedy eradication of tbe catte tick and Is now urging an amendment to the law relative to the working of convicts on roads so as to require the various counties to construct roads which will ultimately connect the various county sites. It is said Governor Brown has oth er Important nnd Interesting topics up his sleeve upon which he will dis course In the next few weeks. Governor-elect Smith mhy also he counted upon to keep the ball rolling and for the next few months the far mers and others over the state may count on a varied assortment of sug gestions and advice from Georgia’s statesnien-politlclans. CAN A JUDGMENT BE OBTAINED AGAINST HOMESTEAD PROPERTY Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 20.—Can a creditor who proves his claim in the bankrupt court go into the state court and get Judgment against homestead property of the bankrupt? This is the question which the supreme court will have to decide, the case in which the question appears going up from Hall superior court. Last year Judge F. M. Loden went into voluntary bankruptcy. Mr. B. I). Langford filed a claim against him proved the claim in the bankrupt court, the case being heard before Col. W. B. Sloan last August 22nd. The claim was for one thousand dollars on a waiver homestead note. After this Judge Loden asked for a withdrawal of the proof of claim and was refused by (’ol. Sloan. This case is still pending. A suit on the note was then entered in the superior court to re cover the debt but out of the home stead property. Judge Jones directed a verdict. Judge Geo. K. I.ooper, judge of the city <ourt, who represented Judge Loden, is now preparing a hill of ex ceptions to be sent to the supreme court. Col. B. IV Gaillard represents Mr. Langford. This is an interesting question which the supreme court is called up on to answer. Hon. M. L. Johnson, of Bartow county, takes the position that quail are th«* enemy of the boll weevil and ihat they will have much to with the eradication of that pest should it ever find its way info this state. Mr. Johnson will urge the legislature to pass a law prohibiting the killing of quail In this state for the period of three years. The hunters will raise a mighty protest against this proposi tion. Falls Victim to fhieves. S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., has a Justifiable grievance. Two thieves stole his health for twelve years. They were a liver and kidney trou ble. Then Dr. King’s New Life Pills throttled them. He’s well now. Un rivaled for Constipation, Malaria. Headache, Dyspepsia. 2>c. W. J. Smith Sr Bro.. and H. R. Palmer & Son. ABOUT TEXAS FEVER BUREAU GIVES TALK Tells How the Cattle Tick Thrives, Multiplies and How Got Rid of. Washington. D. C., Feb. 20.—The microscopic parasite which causes the disease known as Texas fever or tick fever of cattle Is found Is. tbe blood of affected animals and Is trans- terred from one to another by means of the fever tick. A remarkable fea ture of this transaction Is that tbe disease-producing parasites are trans mitted through the eggs of the tick that draws the blood, and not direct ly by the old tick, as an engorged tick after dropping from the host (cow) dies without ever attaching Itself to another animal. Dut Its offspring, pro duced by the eggs laid after It drops off and before It dies, csry the Infec tion and Inoculate the first cow they gel on. The length of time elapsing be tween the exposure of susceptible cat- lie to infection by ticks and Ihe ap pearance of Texas fever smong them Is dependent’ upon the climate and the development of thp ticks. Thus, if northern cattle are placed on pas- litres, highways, or In pens. cars. etc.. In summer Immediately after the premises have been Infested with licks from southern cattle, Texas fev er may occur In from thirty to sixty day*, as the female ticks which drop from soul Item cattle must lay eggs and these mutt hatch before the northern animal becomes Infested with tick* and thereby inoculated with the disease. After tile seed ticks become attached to the animal the disease will appear In about ten days In summer or a somewhat longer pe riod In winter. In fact, the disease may occur brfure tbe ticks are large enough lo be, ween without a very careful search. One objection that lias been ad vanced against the fact that the cat tle tick Is a carrier of Texas fever Is that cattle are sometimes found to be suffering with the disease without showing Ihe presence of licks on their bodies. This condition In Ihe case of southern cattle may be explained by the fact that the animal already hnd its blood Infected with the para sites and tinder normal conditions was resistant lo Texas fever; however, ns a result of lowered vitality caus ed by some other disease, or by ex posure. privation, Injury, rough han dling. etc., Jills resistance has been reduced and finally overcome, and the parasites at last succeed In producing the disease. On Ihe other hand, when this disease Is observed In northern animals. Ihe young seed licks may be so small so few In number as to be unobserved. lender certain conditions, as when living on horses, mules, etc., the ticks lose their infectioiisncss, and when southern cattle not previously Infest ed with any but these non-lnfectlous ticks they are Just us susceptible ss cattle raised on lick-free pastures. Many entile appear perfectly heal thy and yet are Infested with ticks and have Ihe fever parasites In their blood. Sometimes Ihe owners cannot understand why such animals should be regarded as dangerous to others, and consider It unjust that they should be subjected lo quarantine re strictions. The fact Is that such cat tle have usually contracted the dis ease In a very mild form at an early age and hav# become Immune to fur ther attacks, although still carrying parasites In their blood. They are dangerous because the fever parasites In their blood may be transmitted at any lime lo susceptible cattle by ticks. While the disease may be produced artificially by Inocculatlng a susceptl- 'ble animal with the blood of an In fected one, It is spread naturally on ly by the ticks. By exterminating the ticks, therefore, the disease can be stamped out. and Ihe quarantine can then be removed The discovery of the part played by Ihe tick in the spread of Texas fever w as made by tbe Bureau of Ani mal Industry of the I’nlted States de partment of agriculture in 1891, and the same principle has since been found to apply to Ihe transmission of malaria and yellow fever front man to man by mosquitoes, and to the spread of certain other diseases. Publications containing full Infor mation about the ticks and giving di rections for getting rid of them may be,obtained free, on application to the Bureau of Animal Industry, De. partment of Agriculture, Washington, f). C. Representative Crumpacker seems to be willing to let the question of Southern representation lit congress alone, provided the democrats will help pass the bill to increase the num ber of members of the house. The educational train continue* on Its triumphal tour through (ieorgla. The crowds are constantly increasing and there Is nothing but praise every where for (Ills magnificent work of the State College of Agriculture. Editor Pendleton, of the Macon Telegraph, has written three very able articles in reply lo the position of Mr. Edison on the subject of tbe in,mortality of the soul. Editor Pen. dleton Is a forceful writer and s great ihinker. Ills reply to Mr. Edison is to our mind conclusive.