The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-08
cupRENr EVENTS: THE TREND OF THlN0o
AS WE SEE 1T.

n, - of the week-the pages and pages Oh
matter printed by the dailies and the hlustra'ou
1reel5;es and monthly magazines-and Doll oo"n
or+b;np so as to give the reader IN one page 'iie
news most worth knowing But 1t is re"a'u
enough even in this hot weather to kno" 1na'
o,,r reoders appreciate our efforts IN this dlrec-
ton mThe editorials are just Wnat we uu'J
farmers wives need to keep up with Vne 'reio -
rublic events" wrote an lreden county "
last week Nor can overlook the klno wofu.
of an Orange County lady IN Our ooclal on"'
this week: '1 can gain more information aDouO
the leading events of the day by readlng tne eui |
torials each week than by reading all Che o.iioi
newspapers we take. The Editor conoenseS 'li.S'
So I think he must be thinking OF US ousS toiN'
on the farms who haven't time to read the long
1:a.o+ohos IN tho daily papers" We reprint this
because it expresses so completely just what we
hove been irving to do, and also because we wish
- GOV that with our lady readers satisfied the
men may say just what they please.
The Yellow Fever Epidemic.
Wben Dakota Indian lassoed the smokestack
&C q runninp locomotive and was ierked of his
steed at a mile minute gait, the engineer con-
fessad admiration for his pluck although protane-
To denouncing his Judgment. But those Baton
Ronoe Louisiana, people who met the other day
ond condemned the mosquito theory of Spreading
zal1o1v fever showed all the stupidity OF the Da-
o+a Indian while lacking entirely his picturesque
doradavi1ism There is nothing better establish
ed now than mosquitoes biting one person an1lcs-
ed with malaria or yellow fever will transmit the
germ to healthy persons by biting tnem' a1o
those who refuse to believe it are simply snutClne
their eyes to the light. The Baton Rouge lead
ers are fools testing with Death, and the penalty
may be heavy.
Tn New Orleans. however, there is no such folly
oThe authorities have called the citizens to thel
determined faces are going from house to hous
telling the neople what to do, and their com
mands are being promptly obeyed. The city reek
with the odor of crude petroleum, sulphur an
lime The oil is poured on stagnant water where
ever found to prevent the breeding OF the mos
onitoes which spread the disease. Twenty-Five thou
sand buttons with picture of the deadl! stege
mvis MOSQUITO in the centre and around 1T tn
words NV cisterns are all right; how are yours
will be worn as the emblem of the citizens arm
It's commander is DIR. Beverly Warner, rector
Trinity Church; its chief weapons are oil can
brooms and cheesecloth"
Up to date there have been more than 500 cas-
of fever. and a hundred deaths. 1t in tt
dirty Italian quarters that the epidemic starte
and as vet it has not invaded the better part
town The strictest quarantine regulations
enforced in all the country roundabout.
The Agricultural Department Scandal.
It was announced in columns last we
that Dr. George T. Moore had resigned as Ply
ologist of the United States Department of Ag
culture owing to charges of improper connectl
with the Nitro-Culture Company. DR.. Moore.