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An egotist, defines the Chicago Tri
bune, Is merely a man who thinks he
is better than we are.
Let it not be forgotten by any
thoughtless people, urges the Spring
field Republican, that the right to ex
ist still remains to the less fortunate.
A church in Middletown, N. Y.,
erected a “spite” fence. The exact di
mensions are not given, and there
would be an interest in learning the
particulars. The Philadelphia Ledger
would suggest measurement by the
Golden Rule.
Lemoine, the alleged diamond mak
er, was sentenced to six years as “a
vulgar faker, whose pretentions lacked
the semblance of scientific procedure.”
The difference between a diamond fak
er and a scientist, declares the Phila
delphia Inquirer, is that neither can
make diamonds. Also that the latter
doesn’t pretend to do so.
There are actualities in the depths
of human nature that the realist in
fiction may not describe, insists the
Argonaut. The loathsome and the hor
rible are beneath the uses of imagina
tive literature. And there is a higher
exreme, in the secret and sacred as
pirations, desires, and faiths of human
ity, that is above even the most deli
cate and reverent art of the novelist.
The leading newspaper of Rio de Jan
eiro,” writes Consul-General George E.
Anderson, ‘‘has called attention to the
fact that a shipper in Sao Paulo has
just paid freight amounting to $017.40
on 150 sacks; of potatoes from Sao
Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, or aTSout $1.32
I
a bag for a. haul of 300 miles between
the two principal cities of Brazil —a
haul, from a trafljc standpoint, which
corresponds to one from New York
to Boston. This rate is not exceptional,
though perhaps higher than on na
tional products.”
A Boston Transcript contributor
that divers learned men of Har
vard are credited—perhaps .in some in
stances incorrectly—with holding and
propagating the following beliefs:
‘‘That ivfars carries passengers. That
folks can talk to them with looking
glasses. That alcohol is the only re
liable foundation for morality. That
laboring men are the privileged class.
That by reading for 15 minutes a day
any man may possess himself of a
liberal education. That the dead can
communicate with the living.”
The New York Herald says “Pull
for Good Roads” is a slogan for the
nation. We trust the pull will be light
er when the good roads are secured.
—Jacksonville Metropolis. Our alert
contemporary of the south has struck
the vital point of the good roads
movement, replies the Herald. To
draw two tons of produce or fruit or
manufactured goods to the railroad
station in the same time and with the
same effort that used to convey one
ton is to reduce expense, increase the
value of realty and cut the cost of
living. Good roads are a national nec
essity.
Seriously, writes the New York
Press, if there are men who have a
way of injuring the most worthy cause
when they advocate it, there are wo
men who can succeed in removing any
cause they chance to make- their own
from the realm of rational considera
tion and argument. How can the pros
and cons of the question of allowing
women a participation in the franchise
be calmly and seriously argued in the
face of the wild exploits of the Eng
lish suffragettes and the extravagant
claims and fantastic diatribes of many
of their American sisters? Real and
solid arguments in its favor are en
tirely obscured by such injudicious ad
vocates, and sensible and thinking
women who sincerely believe in the
justice, the feasibility and the exped
iency of allowing votes to their sex
should make their voices heard In pro
test against irrational conduct and
thoughtless words which furnish evi
dence to those who oppose votes for
women.
WAR ON BOLL WEfcVIL.
Expert Advises Destruction of the Stalk
to Kill the Pest.
JacKson, Miss.—Boll weevil experts
have encounttered much opposition to
their work in this state, especially in
the sections where the weevil is lust
beginning to make its appearance,
and the character of it is much like
that which has often developed in yel
low fever campaigns of the past.
Although knowing that the weevil
must inevitably reach them, the peo
ple, or at least a large proportion of
them, fear that any information going
out to the effect that the insect has
made his appearance at a particular
point, will have a tendency to injure
the country commercially. The ex
perts, themselves, however, contend
that the very opposite effect is desir
ed, and that by ascertaining where
the insect is and giving the public
due notice is like a storm warning,
and that, if their advice is heeded the
Eeally harmful result will be mini
mized.
Rather than go to Texas or other
outside territory for an example, Mr.
Blakeslee lakes one of the state’s
own counties and gives figures to
show what the weevil is capable of ac
complishing with his “pernicious ac
tivity.”
A vigorous campaign is being wag
ed to induce the farmers wherever
there is a suspicion of a weevil to
destroy the cotton stalks early this
year and to prepare for an early crop
in 1910. This, it is contended, is the
whole secret, and will result in a
good crop before the insect will have
time to do serious harm.
WILL CHANGE PROHIBITUM LAW.
Mississippi May Adopt Constitutional
Liquor Statute.
Jackson, Miss. The prohibition
leaders of Mississippi, not satisfied
with the present prohibition law as’ a
whole, will ask the legislature at the
next session to pass additional laws
for the purpose of tightening it up and
strengthening it in its weaker places.,
Particularly will they suggest meth
ods of securing its better and more
uniform enforcement.
As to the statutory changes, it is
the practically unanimous opinion that
if the jjresent law is to be tampered
with at all the tampering ought to be
done by those who made the law in
the first place. At the time they
thought they were getting up the best
law they could frame and pass. It
will have had a practical test of a
year by the time the lawmaking body
meets, and its weak points will have'
been shown.
NIGHi RIDERS ACTIVE.
Excitement Over Raids in Kentucky
Has Reached Fever Heat.
Lexington, Ky.—Advices from Ma
son .county are that excitement. over
the night rider raids is at fevef heat
and troops, have been from
'Governor Wilson. • *
After the raids on the homes of
Benjamin Longjiecjter, and George
Kreitz, -wealthy farmers, every to
bacco grower who did not enter the
Rurley Tobacco Society pool armed
himself. The sheriff and a posse are
scouring the vicinity of the raids in
search of certain citizens who were
recognized by Kreitz when they bat
tered down his door and his daugh
ter put them to fight with a gun.
PREACHER FAVORS SUICIDE MACHINE.
Drop a Penny in the Slot and Get a
Ticket to Eternity.
Washington, D. C.—“ Drop a penny
in the slot and get a ticket to the
other world,” might be the inscription
on a machine that is suggested by
Rev. Dr. Donald Guthrie of Baltimore.
Dr. Guthrie was talking on “Cal
vinism” here, and said:
“Life has become so meaningless
and so useless to some that I advo
cate the setting up of a suicide ma
chine, where one can deposit a cent
and be killed easily, and respectably.”
TEXAS RICE CROP.
The Yield Is Placed at 2,123,000
Bags.
Houston, Texas.—The Post in a re
view of the Texas rice situation,
places the state’s yield at 2,123,000
bags. 1,484,000 of Honduras, and 639,-
000 Japan.
Of the total crop of both Honduras
and Japan, a conservative estimate
places the amount already sold at ap
proximately 400,000 bags, including in
storage and still unsold, about 1,823,-
000 bags.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Every one of the skins in the col
lection of Roosevelt trophies receiv
ed from Africa has been found to be
in good condition by the taxidermists
of the Smithsonian institution. Some
of the trophies are declared to be
among the most magnificent speci
mens that have come into the poses
sion of the institute.
Professor George B. Foster of the
University of Chicago in a recent ad
dress to the women of the Jewish
Council, said they need not .be sensi
tive to the taunt that their race had
crucified Christ, adding: “Any other
race would have done the same. The
Christian church of today would do
it, but it would discard the wooden
cross as not being refined enough and
would use a spiritual one instead.”
Holding it to be subversive of exist
ing institutions, the Russian censor
has suppressed the reports of the
speech delivered by the British chan
cellor of the exchequer. Mr. Lloyd-
George, at Newcastle. It contained
this declaration that “it is time the
laboring masses shook off the tyran
ny of the dukes and landlords.”
(WAR STILL CONTINUES
\ ON BLACK ROOT PEST
\ Atlanta, Ga.—The campaign for
stamping out the black root, which
cost the cotton planters of Geor
gia over a million dollars this year,
will be continued with the co-opera
tio<n of the agricultural department
and the State Farmers’ Union,
through the middle of December, and
it is believed that great good will
be accomplished as a result.
Instructions are begin given the
farmers at these meetings on how
best to cope with the black root, by
State Entomologist E. L. Worsham,
Professor Nixcn of the State Agricul
tural College, Commissioner of Ag
riculture T. G. Hudson and J. L. Lee,
president of the Slate Farmers’ Un
ion. these speeches, the
department of - " entomology will dis
tribute a resident variety of cotton
seed, which have grown in Georgia,
and which will not become affected
by black root. It is believed that as
a result black root will be entirely
driven out of the state in the course
of a few years. ’
The damage by black root is not
confined alone to the cotton itself,
but the cotton seed, which lias come
to be one of the most valuable parts
of) the cotton crop, is also destroyed.
SUMTER COUNTY FARMS
BRING VERY GOOD PRICES
Americus, Ga.—Nine representative
planters of North Carolina and South
Carolina arrived in Americus to pur
chase plantations, several of the par
ty already having expressed determi
nation of settling here.
Quite recently considerable num
bers of South Carolinians have pur
chased plantations near Americus,
and are inducing friends in the Pal
metto State to come to southwestern
Georgia. Probably fifty former South
Carolinians are now landowners here
and delighted with the situation gen
erally. ,
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
OFFICIAL TALKS CfF LAZY BUG
Atlanta, Ga. —“John D. Rockefeller’s
munificent gift of $1,000,000 will go
far toward eradicating the hook worm
from the south,” said an official of
the state board of health.
“We have no idea, of course, how
much of this fund will ,be used in
Georgia,” he continued, “but we hope
a good share of it, as the disease is
undoubtedly prevalent to a large ex
tent in Georgia. Altogether we have
examined and treated some 500 cases
of hook worm in this department
within the past several months.
“Practically in every case we have
conquered the insidious intestinal
hair like worm. This disease is more
prevalent in sandy country than else
where, and is, therefore, to be found
to a greater extent in south Georgia
than in the northern section, although
we have treated cases, from upper
Georgia.
"Thymol is the deadly foe of the
hook worm, and a very small amount
of ft will cure the most obstinate
cases. Mr. Rockefeller’s gift will go
far toward starting a general cam-.
paign through the south 1 that ' will
practically wipe out this trouble. It
has been demonstrated that it can
be easily cured, and in a general
campaign of education the, people will
be taught how to treat and prevent
the disease.
“While the hook worm is found
more generally among the poorer
classes, and to a considerable extent
among mill operatives, it is oy no
means confined lo them. It is often
found among people of wealth and
culture. It leaves its victim pale and
anemic, giving rise perhaps to what
is often called the ‘lazy disease.’ ”
MANCHESTER FAST BECOMING
AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER
Manchester, Ga. —Official announce
ment was received here from Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic officials that
actual work will begin at once on the
new SIOO,OOO general shops to be lo
cated here for the Atlanta and Bir
mingham divisions. The shops will
employ between 50 and 100 skilled
mechanics, and will undoubtedly add
several hundred new citizens to the
rapidly growing metropolis of Meri
weather.
Another big industrial announce
ment comes from the Manchester
mills to the effect that the $600,000
plant at this place will be completed
about December 1, and will begin op
erations than to supply order, it has
taken to be delivered in February.
The beginning of operations at> the
mills will bring several hundred new
inhabitants to Manchester, and these,
with the present population and those
to come for the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic shops, will swell the to
tal population of this city to more
than 2,000. There are over 200 new
buildings in the' city already, and
new ones are being planned and con
structed each day.
One year ago Manchester was
nothing but a railroad station, but
the establishment of division head
quarters here for the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic, together with
the fact that this is the junction
point of the lines from Atlanta, Brun
wick and Birmingham, has given the
town a start that is sure to land her
among the liveliest industrial centers
RECORD ATTENDANCE
AT THE UNIVERSITY
Athens, Ga.— University of
Georgia has broken all previous rec
ords as to attendance. Tlie attend
ance to date is eleven in excess of
the attendance at this time last year,
and that in spite of much stricter en
trance requirements than ever before
in The history of the institution. The
total attendance for the session will
appro dmate 525 pupils.
TOPICS.
BEST INCUBATOR RESULTS.
For the best results in artificial in
cubation we need good eggs, a light,
dry cellar with cement floor, an even
temperature, and right conditions of
moisture in the incubator. At the
start the eggs should be kept at a
temperature of 102 degrees, during
the second week at 103 degrees, and
at hatching time from 104 to 106 de
grees. J. L. Nickerson, Indiana
County, Pa.
WIRE GRASS.
Please tell me what kind of grass
I am sending you. It has become
quite thick over this part of the
country and the stock seem to like
it.—M. W. S.
The grass which you sent is Wire
Grass. It is very common on c\ry,
sandy, thin soils, and for this reason
is a valuable pasture grass on dry,
rocky knolls. Most grazing animals
eat it greedily, and it is especially
relished by sheep. : Tt shoots its leaves
out early, but the amount of its.
foliage is not great, otherwise, it
would be one of our most valuable
grasses, since it possesses a large' per
cent, of nutritive matter.- It shrinks
less in drying than any other grass,
and consequently makes hay very
heavy.—lndiana Farmer.
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LISTING CORN.
In your issue of August 7, M. W.
F., of Madison County, speaks of see
ing a plow that breaks and plants at
one operation, and thinks it is some
thing new. We have had plows here
in this neighborhood on the same
plan for fifteen years. The first ones
wpre walking plows; now some have
riding plows, made by Illinois plow
companies. The way they operate is
like this: They use four horses and
straddle an old row of corn, two
horses on each side of the row to be
plowed and planted. The plow bursts
the old row, throwing dirt bo.th ways. ,
It has both a right and left mold
board and shears, and bursts all old
rows of .corn and plants. It is what
we call listing corn, and hundreds of
acres are planted that way here.—G.
F. Hobart, in the Indiana Farmer.
RAISING HORSES FOR PROFIT.
Asa producer of either grade, of
pure-bred horses for sale, the farmer
has rich possibilities. There is a wide
and strong market.for all the product.
The .farmer who breeds and grows
horses for market as a strong side
line to general farming can make
good money at it, through intelligent
direction and proper equipment.
Raising colts on the farm does not
require much extra capital or labor.
A mare’will raise a colt nearly every
year and at the same time make half
a team, except for two or three weeks
after the colt is born. Many small
farmers make much extra money by
keeping only -mares for farm work
and breeding them regularly. Every
year they have from one to three or
four young horses to sell at good
figures which have, cost them only a
small amount. The more pains taken
in securing good stock and feeding
and training the colts the more money
there is in the business.—Farmers’
Home Journal.
SCALY LEGS IN FOWLS.
A correspondent asks the Circle
Magazine about the treatment of
scaly legs in fowls, and wants to
know how to cure it. F. H. Valen
tine replies as follows:
If the birds are only moderately
affected, or are particularly valuable
for breeding purposes, they may be
cured readily, if the treatment be
thorough. ‘‘Scaly legs” is caused by
a mite technically known as sarcoptes
mutans, which penetrates beneath the
epidemic scales on the legs and feet.
Some birds are more susceptible to it
than others, possibly because the
scales grow tighter on their legs.
Turkeys, pheasants, some cage birds,
as well as other birds, are attacked by
it, but water fowls are considered
immune. The disease is contagious.
Energetic measures are necessary.
Isolate all affected birds. Clean the
houses thoroughly. Disinfect with
carbolated whitewash or some other
good disinfectant. Soak the legs of
the birds in warm water containing a
little soap to loosen the scales. Re
move these scales as far as possible
without being too severe. This will
enable the remedy to come into con
tact with the insects, which are next
to flesh. There are several good
remedies. Kerosene is good. Into
a quart measure or deep pail, nearly
filled with water, put a tablespoonful
of kerosene, and dip the legs into this,
repeating after three days, and again,
if necessary, to effect a cure. But
this will bleach the legs. One part
of sulph ur to ten parts of vaseline or
lard well rubbed into the scales is
good. Apply every other night for a
week or ten days. Some of the liquid
germicides are good. We have, used
zenoleum, one part to twenty parts
water, in which the legs were dipped.
A good carbolic salve is good. But
be thorough, and don’t let the trou
ble spread.
THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON S
DR.' I. M. HALDEMAN. \
Theme: Seminaries a Menace.
New York City.—Before an audi
ence that taxed the capacity of the
building, the Rev. Dr. I. M. Halde
man delivered the second sermon on
“The Signs of the Time.” His sub
ject was: “The Modern Theological
Seminary a Menace and Peril to the
Church.” The text was 11. Kings,
2:16. He said:
Elijah, the mighty prophet of God,
who defied the king, shut up the
heavens that there was neither dew
nor rain, but, according to his word,
slew the prophets of Baal, called
down fire from heaven upon the sac
rifice, visited terrific judgment upon
the land, is now to he taken up to
heaven by a whirlwind, attended by
celestial horsemen and chariots of
fire. Elisha, his successor in the pro-'
phetic office, accompanies hint on the
journey from Gilgal to Bethel, from
Bethel to Jericho, where there was a
theological seminary, and the sons of
the prophets (the ministerial students
of that day) said to Elisha: “Know
est thou That the Lord will take away
thy master from thy head this day?”
And he answered: “Yea, I know it.
Hold ye your peace.” And they two
went on to Hie River Jordan. And
fifty of the s#is of the prophets went
and stood afar off to view what would
happen. And Elijah took his mantle
and smote the waters and they were
divided, so that they two went over
on dry ground. And Elijah said unto
Elisha: “Ask what I shall do for thee
before Ibe taken away.” And Elisha
’said: “I pray thee, let a double por
tion of thy spirit be upon me.” And
he said: “Thou has asked a hard
thing; nevertheless, if thou see me
when I am taken away, it shall be so
unto thee, but if not, it shall not be
so.” And it came to pass as they still
went on, behold, there appeared a
chariot and horses of fire, and parted
them both asunder, and Elijah went
up.by a whirlwind into heaven. And
Elisha saw it and cried: “My father,
my father, the chariot of Israel and
the horsemen thereof.” And when
Elisha returned to Jericho with the
mantle of Elijah, the sons of the pro
phets said: “The spirit of Elijah
does rest upon Elisha.” And they
said unto him: “Behold, there be
with us fifty strong men. Let them
go and seek my master, lest perad
venture, the Spirit of the Lord hath
taken him up and cast him upon
some mountain or into some valley.”
And he sa\d:,. “Ye shall not send.”
But they urged him until he was
ashamed, and*he said: “Send.” They
sent therefore fifty men; and they
sought three days, but found him nor,
jfhd when they cam# again to Him
(for he tarried at Jericho), he said
unto them. “Did I not say unto you,
‘G9 not?’ ”
To-daWe have the same story.
The passing through Jordan typifies
our Lord’s death and resurrection,
for “Jordan; in Scripture, sets forth
judgment, and is a type of the cross
of Christ, where with an agony that
rent the rocks and drew the veil of
midnight darkness over the face of
nature, He bore the judgment of sin
in His own body on the tree, crying
out: “My God, my God, why didst
Thou forsake me!” Christ came not
to be an example or a teacher, but to
be a sacrifice —to die for the sin of
the world—for He poured out His
soul dnto death.
The ascension of Elijah sets forth
in type our Lord’s ascension into
heaven, through the shining portals
of glory, to sit down on the right
hand of the majesty in the heavens,
an enthroned sin-purger, the risen
man in the heavens in bodily pres
ence. The spirit of Elijah resting
upon Elisha shows the spirit of Christ
incarnated in the Church. After our
Lord’s resurrection He breathed upon
His disciples saying: “Receive ye the
Holy Spirit,” and on the day of Pente
cost the promise of the Father was
fulfilled, and they were endued with,
power from on high.
Our present-day theologians are
like the theologians of Jericho of old.
They perceive the spirit of Christ, but
repudiate His material presence in
heaven. All sorts of things are be
ing attributed by them to the Spirit
of Christ. They tell us that the Spirit
of Christ has given us the marvelous
inventions of the day, rapid transit,
airships, woman suffrage, and in
spired the discovery of the North
Pole. All these things of the spirit
of the natural man, these Jericho
theologians of our modern seminaries
tell us are the outworkings of the
Spirit of Christ in man. Of course,
they deny a bodily resurrection and
teach a ghostly Christ, instead of one
who called to His disciples to “handle
Me and see that I am flesh and bones,
and not a spirit as ye think,” and
who sat at meat with them, after His
resurrection, partaking of broiled fish
and honeycomb. As the sons of the
prophets of old sought to account for
the disappearance of Elijah, so do
our modern, up-to-date theologians,
whether native born or imported,
seek to account for the disappearance
of Christ.
One would almost think that when
these learned men in the “wisdom of
this world” pass away, all knowledge
will perish with them. Some, like
Elisha, who was called from the plow, .
when confronted with the assertions
of “agreed scholarship,” trained men
tality and the assumptions of wise
men of Jericho, grow ashamed and
stumble and fall in power and be
come paralyzed. We should repudi
ate most earnestly those who attempt
to explain away the miraculous.