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STATE COLLEGE "AGRICULTURE
A THE NS GEORGIA
AGRICULTURAL SHORT COURSES
By President Andrew M. Saule.
The State College of Agriculture
will conduct four short courses in ag
riculture from January 2 to January
£4, Inclusive. Special bulletins have
been issued announcing this more
fiilly and any at all Interested should
•write for one.
The four courses are offered free
■nd without examination. The only
requ'rement is that the applicant must
be over 1C years of age and able to
rend and write.
The courses offered are In cottton
Industries, cereal production, animal
husbandry and horticulture, lu.the
Sotton course thcie will be ten lec-
hues on soils, five on fertilizers, live
Bn the cotton plant, five on cultlva
tlon. five on cotton, diseases,- five on
Button Insects, five on chemistry of
«otton by-products, five on cotton ma
chinery. ton demonstrations on cotton
grading, three on cotton marketing.
The course in cereal production
consists of 35 lectures and 10 dom-
,onstration8 In cereal Judging. The
lectures touch Insects injurious to
grain, seed selection and crop rota
tlon.
The lectures on live stock farming
consist of feed and feeding, breeds
and breeding, diseases of farm ani
mals, clinics showing adminlstratloi
of hog cholera serum, etc., and dem
onstratlons In stock Judging.
Tho lectures ln u horticulture wll'
cover varieties of fruit, orchard man
agement, diseases of fruit. Insects of
fruit. Demonstrations in spray inj.
fruit will be conducted.
The short courses offer you proli
ably exactly what you need to main
your farming a greater success.
HOG CHOLERA PREVENTION.
By Dr. Wm. M. Burs'on, .Professor
Veterinary Science.
• When a hog recovers from cholera,
,d& does so because there is in its
body a protective substance of suf
ficient power to deBtroy the germs
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Instinctive
*)>'"' to ward , the
af>i* ft.rn peaks': Mo..r Maeterlinck
i-lerculaneiiin an/.I mpeii.
twin eitie- of nion il’ul destiny
vji'ie limb eiigniled nt (!i.■ same time—
, Ay'igiim Tti A li. Tin- leapon why
^eri-uliineutn Inis not been excavated
? tlie simie extent ns I’nifiiieii is owing
the fact that 11 was covered with a
3 uch harder material thnu was Pom-
ill: the, dust predominating in Pom
pell, while the Invn prevailed over Her
culaneum. There is uot much doubt
about the eventual opening up of both
cifies, Human curiosity, together with
the demands of history and science,
wdll not rest until Herculaneum linn
bi{en made to tell its secrets.—New
Tfqyk American.
ture of serum and provldng that the
serum be furnished to swine owners
at actual cost of production, was pass
ed .by the 19U session ole' the Btate
legislature of Georgia.
The work of manufacturing the se
rum is now in progress in the vete
rinary labratorles of the Georgia
State College .of. Agriculture at Ath
ens. Several thousand doses of se
rum have been furnished to Georgia
farmers.at cost and the results obtain
ed hi localities where cholera was
prevalent are surprisingly good. In
several Instances where cholera was
prevalent in a herd and many had
died, no more died after the serum
was used..
The serum is adm'nistered bv
means of a hyperdermios syringe rfnd
is injected directly into the blood by
penetrnting the liain.' A dose to ho
used when cholera exists on (he
premises. The <$ost of serum is 2 1-3-
conts per c. c. (about 15 <h-op*)
'Vliicli make treatment cost from nn
cenlB In 75 cents per hundred pounds
hve .weight. It. .is-bottled jn jo 0 . 6
200 c: c., and -109 c. o. quanlifes anti'
costs ?1.00. $5.00 and $10.00 per bob
tie respectively. ,
Serum may be obtained from Dr
Pt'ler V. Wohnnen, Stgto Veterinarian'
AtianlaJ’ er from the. Veterinary D t> -
partment, State College of Agrie'iil-
lure, Alliens, Ga. Full directions ac
company shipment. Syrlngo may bn
had l'or $4.00 and if returned postage
prepaid and in good order, this, sum
will he refunded.
Norway In Scotland.
The Orkney aud Shetland Islands,
strictly speaking, belong to the king
dpm of Norway. Toward the close of
the fifteenth century King Christian
of Norway pledged the Orkneys amt
mo 8!letin lids, over which Ids rule
this .undisputed, to Kliifr .lames III.
0} Si-otlaud for the payment of the
d^iwry of his daughter Margaret, Who
beciUlle queen ill Scotland. The
m$alge has not lieeii redeemed.
t ‘ Selecting Judges.
Dr. f-'raiikUn thought that judges
ctf/IU to lie appointed by lawyers, for.
xy ied the shrewd unin !n Scotland,
i^ii'i-e. Mils firaetiee prevails; they al-
Tfuvv .s.-iect tfie iilili^M member of the
t" ■ wm In ord- r to get rid of him
. sc i share his praeriee among theoi-
srfJ Ves
• Three of Them.
fXvirboni- llo -ybii know the seven
xriHjders of the world? 'Vabash—Well,
J enow three of them. OearlKirn—Only
SO*-,'? \Vabash les; I've only got
sons, you know Exchange.
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Easy Enough.
hrer—J have no trouble keeping
uke during the sermon. Ryer—How
/•/on manage it? Dyer-By playing
tiaras
T/lien men speak III of thee so live
3E/| uolmdy will believe them.
If Modern Methods Are Promptly and
Carefully Employed, Says Georgia
State Board of Health.
Atlanta, Ga.—(Special)—While the
diphtheria of today and that of twen
ty years ago are two very different
propositions, says the Georgia State
Board of Health in a current bulletin,
It must be remembered that the ef
ficiency of modern methods In reduc
ing its death rate and In preventing
its spread, depend upon promptness
and care &b to detail in their appli
cation.
Prompt diagnosis and speedy use of
diphtheretlc antitoxin where the infec
tion is tound, are the-material factors
In reducing the death rate; isolation
of patients and dlsintection of every-
| thing coming from their rooms, aie
; equally important factors in prevent-
j ing its spread. But these factors,
! particularly the antitoxin, have taken
. dipththeria out of- tue chamber 01
'horrible diseases, not-only lessening
: the probability of contagion, but re-
I aueiug the number of deaths fiom it,
i from 45 to 50 down to 7 to 10 in ev
1 cry 100 cases. Wuere diagnosis is
prompt and the ant-toxin is aUinin.e
tered betore the disease gains an;,
-headway, the mortality is practical?)
eliminated.
Diphtheria is a germ disease. Thd.
germs attack the nose, and Niioat an.
'•form a membrane. They raiely a.
1 tack, any other part of the bodj
Where the germs attack the tonsil*
it is known simply as dipthtneri...
where tho membrane forms in th
nostrils, it is nasal diphtheria; whm
it forms in the windpipe it is men.
branous croup, the dreaded and mot
' dangerous form because it cuts ot
air from the lungs. The germs, "ap
pearing in some portion of the nos.
>r throat and iorm.ag membrane, giv*
oil a p'oison that soon find3 Its way
through the system- The germs mu; •
1 tipiy in the throat very rapidly; mill
ions of them may be formed in a few
hours.*,.
manucBts itself within I
■ after tho patient!
■ / Hie disease,. Tho
1 ■ *;* throat which 1
fever appears,
a . he stomach I
■ 1 ■ ki: 11; the first |
" ’ 1 1 vanouB croup.I
‘ I a hoarse, 1
1 ... prolonged i
j■ >' . T.ura symp-1
ly and closely
• Is d p ■thei’la in
. a a Blight sore
' «r:| eful y examined,
*' r c ry be.d p heretic. The only
p'lti ls't-q c / u.ult a physician at
c 'or often an hours delay in
-m-nor. tho dinger, particularly from
tnembrahous oroup.
Mild cases are equally dangerous
when it comes to spreading the Infec
tion. Accurate diagnosis Is Import
ant. and modern methods—the uso of
the sterilized throat swab from which
a culture Is produced—make this eas-
I’y ms'ilble. The prompt Isolation of
the infected patient should follow-
in a sunny pleasant room, if possible
—and only the nu-se and attending
phvMploiY permitted to enter,
Prompt Injection of the antitoxin is
essential-. This antitoxin is mads
from the serum from a horse into
which dipiither’a poison has been in
jected, and it counteracts the.poison
In the human system.
The State Goard of Health manu
facture3 this antitoxin and ' distrib
utes it free of cost for use by recog
nlzed physicians. Your physician wll
know how to get .it when it is needed
- The Isolation of the patient mus
he continued until all germs have dls
appeared from the throat. Every artl
cle taken from the room during Ill
ness must be thoroughly disinfected'
by methods Indicated . by the physi
cian, and the room itself must be
carefully disinfected when the pa
tient's recovery 'is complete.
In practically all cases where the
diphtheria antitoxin is given the first;
day, the patients recover.' Where
it is uot given until the second day,
about five in 100 die. Delayed until
the third day, about. 25 in 100 die.
G'.ven promptly, antitoxin saves near
ly 'every case; given late, it .saves
many, but uot all. But having reduc-
| ed the mortality from 50 per cent, to
: less than 10 per cent., it stands to rea
son that anyone who fails to ad mi n-
. ister antitoxin in eases of diphtheria
j is ’.throwing away. the; patient’s
chances* of recovery.
Diphtheria la pv ricipally a disease
of childlropd. although it . may. and- of- j
' ten- does .appear,'in adults; age eon- j
stitsites ‘-no .protection. In 14.0JS 1
case’s ^reporled by'-Biliinstcn in New'
j York,'1,21.4- occurred in obildipu nn- ,
j.dpr.one ypivv of,age,, and 9,(322’in chit j
i'dren- of 6,’ic to. fi,ve years of age. ;
| DipOiUiexfid- 1b {'-’Xtremely^ ccnthyious |
; a’ncV, ihay ,-tji*. 'conveyed' In varioits 1
! ways:'; By contact."with axperson suf-j
: fc-ribg'ffom--.it; by. contact, with- a poy-.
j son who lids been deposed to it hut
I who has 'not. developed it; by con-
! tact with some article which has beoiv
1 in ‘ contact with or proximity to a
person with the disease, or by dr'uk-
Ing or eating something that has been
nfected with .the germs. No precau
tion should be overlooked when there,
is diphtheria irf the neighborhood.
Use of tho antitoxin is the only rea
sonably sure cure fpr diphtheria; all
other treatment is, pract'caiiy, so
much energy wasted. Conslderiug the
known results from its irse, its mats*
rial reduction ! n mortality and the
fact that its administration in small
doses renders immune those exposed
to the disease, It Is no^too much to
say that the person who neglects or
refuses the use of antitoxin connives
at murder.
Thankfulness.
I am no friend to the people who
receive tl^e bounties of Providence
without visible .gratitude. When
the sixpence falls into your hat you
may laugh. When the messenger
of an unexpected blessing takes you
by the hanjd and lifts you up and
bids you walk you may leap and run
and sing for joy, even as the lame
man whom St. Peter healed skipped
piously and rejoiced aloud as he
passed through the beautiful gate
of the temple. There is no virtue
in solemn indifference. Joy is as
much a duty as beneficence is.
Thankfulness is the oilier side of
mercy.—Henry Van Dykq.
She Did Not Know,
A local justice of the peace was
about to perform the marriage cere
mony for a colored couple who call
ed at his office for the purpose.
Previous to the -performance of the
“official act” the justice proceeded
to ask tiie usual questions of the
prospective groom as to his father's
Christian name ami his mother’s
maiden name, wlierhupon the future
bride elijmod in with this remark:
"Von all better not ask me what .
my father's maiden name is, ’cause 1
don't know!”—Nntionar Monthly.
So Different.
“Women all have the same fault.
They can't pass a shop that has
bonnets.in the window without look
ing in."
“So different from men! They
can't pass a shop that has bottles
in 1 In* window without going in.”--
illustrated Bits,
Couldn’t Walk!
“! used to be troubled with a weakness peculiar to J
women,” writes Mrs. Anna Jones, of Kenny, 111. “For
nearly a year, I could not walk, without holding my sides.
I tried several different doctors, but I grew worse. Finally,
our druggist advised Cardui for my complaint ! was so
thin, my weight was 115. Now, I weigh 163, and I am
never sick. I ride 'horseback as good as ever, 1 am in
fine health at 52 years.”
The c
WomaiftTofiic
We have thousands of such letters, and more are
arriving daily. Such earnest testimony from those who
have tried'it, surely proves the great value of this vegeta
ble, tonic medicine, for women.
Cardui relieves women’s sufferings, and builds weak
women up to health and strength. I? you are a woman,
give it a trial. It should -help you, for it Iras helped a mil
lion others. It is made from pure, harmless, nerb ingredi
ents, which act promptly and surely on the womanly organs.
It is a good tonic. Try it! Your druggist sells it
Write to: Ladies’ Advisory Dept., Chattaneoca Medicine Co., Cbnttanooca, Tenn.,
for Special Instructions, and 04-page book, "Home Treatment for Womcii,” sent free. ] 58
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We Give You What
You Ask For. S
Evcrv article that comes into this store is examine
< ri < 1 lly and is not accepted unless it measures up to
6ur standard-^
watch from a pret-
be sure of it before you
Don’t buy y< ut*
ly picture.
See it, examine it,
i pay for it.
You cannot do this with a “mail order” watch.
""V/e like to recommend to men who appreciate good
timekeepers, our watches. We give a printed guaran
tee with every watch we sell.
C. F. SANDERS, Jeweler.
Gairo, - - • ’ • Georg-a.
^jgaur58Cie3»*ai«»g sex :
. The Antiquity of Coal.
It is thought that the earliest
reference to coal is that found in
the writings of Aristotle and of
Theophrastus, who< lived about 238
B. C.
There is ^evidence that coal was
used in England as early as the year
832. According to B.ishop Pi-lsey,
Eseomb and Bishopwearmouth were
two of the earliest coal mining set
tlements. Newcastle coal appears
to have come into notice abou^ the
year 1234-, when Henry. III. granted
the inhabitants a charter authoriz
ing them to mine for it.
The Chinese knew of and used
coal in the thirteenth oentury. The
earliest reference to coal in Belgium
is assigned to the year 1198, when a
blacksmith nt Liege is said to have
been the first in the kingdom to em
ploy it as fuel.
Paris received its first coal from
Newcastle in 1320. In Scotland
coal wjis worked as early as the
twelfth century.—Harper’s.
. . (Perfumes.
In the collection of per fumes
two processes. arc employed! In
one, the grease process,’boxes with
glass bottoms are prepared, the
bottom being covered with pure
grease or suet, and the flowers,
gathered fresh , every day iri/ig
the season, are laid on trays in the
box, the grease being left do ab
sorb the fragrance. In the oil proc- '
ess the place of grease is taken by
cotton batting saturated with oil,
the progess being substantially the
same. In both cases tho vehicle
becomes impregnated with the es
sential oil and odor of flowers.
Humiliating.
Mrs. Tinkle—They say that Mrs.
Neaurich is becoming more proper
every day. Mrs. Dimple—Yes, m>
deed. You should have seen how
mortified she was awhile ago when
she'learned that her husband own
ed common stook in a railroad.—
Satire,