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kJ .If,. Hi! I < . \ -Firmci EDITED BY THE STAFF 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 9p- *>«: rii*.- money for lie manufnc- ml; you lie t you wild ' i nre union;: it suiliWeni 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. i 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 WHITE & STRINGER LEADING GROCERS Everything®in Staple f and Fancy GROCERIES For Quick Delivery PHONE * «’. * -* 31 ^ .-‘C? 0 . - - _ ’ 11 ; “{ • V V .vL H ^'4^77. V S }:| if; ^ CairoV Ga., * IS „ J| kaesaae^U^' 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,