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iiDSOF KORSES Animal is Often Stung by Swarm of Insects. . - SINGLE STING NOTCANOEPiO?S Nostrils May Be Closed as Result of Swelling and Possibly Cause Asphyxiation-Treatment for ?urns and Scalds. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment ot" Agriculture.) Poisoned wounds are the result of bites of snakes, rabid dogs, stings of bees, wasps, etc. A single sting is not dangerous, but an animal is often stung by a swai'in of Insects, wheu the chief danger occurs from the swelling pr . duced. If stung about the head, the nostrils may be closed as a result of the swelling, causing luoored breath ing and possibly asphyxiation. Intoxi cation may be produced by the ab sorption of this poison and is manifest ed by staggering gait, spreading of the . legs, paralysis of the muscles, difficult respiration, and a rise of temperature. Death may follow in live to len hours. Treatment. Douse the animal with cold water and apply an alkaline liquid, such as soapsuds, bicarbonate of soda, or weak solution of ammouia. Internally give ajcohol, ether, or camphor to strengthen the heart. In case of bites by rattlesnakes, moccasin, or other poi sonous snakes, u painful swelling oc itirs about the bitten part, which is I illowed by labored breathing, weak ness, retching, fever, and death from collapse. The animal usually recov ers, if it cnn be kei>t alive over the third day. in treating the animal, a tight ligature should be passed about tlie part above the wound to keep the ?sou from entering the general circu la tiou. Wash out the wound thorough ly with antiseptics and then apply a caustic, such as silver uitrate, or burn wih a hot instrument. A subcutane ous Injection of oue-fourth dram of one per cent solution of chromic acid a?'uve the wound ls also beneficial. Cold water may be applied to the wound to combat the Inflammation. Bites of rabid dogs produce au in fected wound, and the virus of rabies iuiroduced iu this manner should be removed or destroyed in the wound. Therefore produce considerable bleed ing by incising the wound, wash out thoroughly with ten per cent solution of zinc chloride, and then apply caus tics or the actual cautery. Horses thus binen shouiu be maintained under strict observation for the possible de velopment of rabies during a period of at least three months, aud if the dis ease appears, the horse should be killed Immediately. Burns and Scalds. These wounds of domestic animals are. fortunately, of rare occurreuce; however, when they do occur. If at all extensive, they prove to be quite trou blesome and in many cases are fatal. They are classified in three degrees according to the severity of th?- burn: First degree, where there is :. imple reddening of the skin; sec ond (?egree, where there is a formation of vesicles, or blisters; third degree, where there is a complete .destruction of vitality of the tissues, such as would occur in charring from direct contact with Hames or from escaping steam. I?( ??des the burns caused by Hames and slea m, there are other causative ag< nts, such as chemicals (caustic, al k:i\'- ami acids), lightning StBoke, and occasionally the broken trolley wires ul electric railways. When a large surface of the skin is burnell or scald? e?l. i he animal (if it does not die at om i- froiu shock) will soon show signs ot' fever-shivering, coldness of the ex t remit? es, wea k ness, rest ! essa . ?ss, hu ri; and feeble pulse, and labored breathing. No matter which agent is a l": 'tor tn the production of burns, the lesions are practically of tho same na ture. The extent and site oflhe Inirii should lead one In the determination ami course of treatment. limns of the shoulder and those about the re giou of the elbow or other parts where there Is much movement of the tissues ai*.- grave, mid, If at all extensive, treatment should not be attempted, but the immediate destruction of the ani ma! is advised. A burn of the third decree, where there ls a destruction of the vitality of large areas of tissue, even on parts not subject to much mo tion. is extremely tedious to treat; in fact, i; is questionable whether the treatment and keep of the animal will ever be compensated for, even though recovery does take place; this, in any event, will require at least six or eight weeks. Burns caused by lightning stroke and trolley wires are liable to occur in irregular lines, and, unless death occurs at once, they generally ure not serious. Treatment. Treatment should be prompt and ef fect iv?-. If the burns are extensive, the constitutional symptoms should be combated with whisky and milk and ogL's or ammonia carbonate, strychnin, cafl'cin. and other stimulants to pre vent shock. In the local treatment, to Alleviate the pain, the application of cold water in some form and the hypo dermic Injection of morphine are reo II ruled. In burns of the tirst degree, v.i. here is only n superficial In ?I), lead carbonate (white : ? - merit ls very goori. Carron ni leutnter and linseed nil. equal ?. n standard remedy, bul n ti ni - ? :. . losed pf linseed oil and lime* v.-, h 2U0 parts, bicarbonate or ?vd. parts, and thymol *1 part. :.\ ; - bt.t:er. Thc scorched sur face shuuiu be covered with this lini ment and then with a layer of borated gauze or absorbent cotton, to protect it from the air. The application should be frequently renewed. Carbo luted vaseline may he used In place of the above. In case the burn is more extensive, the following solution muy be used: Picric acid 2 parts, alcohol .JU parts, water 400 parts. ^The le sion should be thoroughly cleansed with this solution used on absorbent cotton. The vesicles, if any appear, should be opened with a cleau needle, allowing the skin to remain. Strips of gauze or absorbent cotton saturated with the solution should now be ap plied and renewed only occasionally. In burns of the second and third de grees more satisfactory results tuny be obtained with nonpoisonous, dry dress ing powder, such as ls used in ordinary open wounds, ns tannie acid S parts and iodoforin 1 part, or a salve made of this powder and a sufficient quantity of vaseline. When slough ing of the tissues takes place the wounds should be cleansed with a warm 3 per cent solution of carbolic acid, nil loose fragments of tissue re moved, and either a dry, antiseptic dressing powder or carbolated vaseline ointment applied to exclude the air. Proud flesh should be controlled by the application of silver nitrate in the form of a caustic pencil. Burns due to mineral acids may be treated by flushing the parts with a copious quantity of cold water or by the application of whiting or chalk. Either use a large quantity of water at the start or use the chalk first, then wash with water. If the Irritant has been a caustic alkali, such as potash, lye, ammonia or soda, then vinegar should be the first application. Car ron oil is a good general application for all burns for the first week ; then this should be followed by the ordinary antiseptic wound dressings. ECONOMIC PASTURE ON FARM Practical Data Should Be Secured as to Number of Acres Needed to Support One Head. In many cases land ls given over to use as pasture which will not sup port sufficient stock to make any rea sonable return on the investment. Such land properly belongs in the cat egory of nonproductive land, In that it makes no return commensurate with the Interest on the money Invested. It should be borne In mind that the quality of the pasturage in relation to the land value is an Important con sideration In choosing a farm. For Instance, what is economic pasture on land that is worth $10 per acre might, on land valued at $100 an acre, be> de cidedly uneconomic. This relation should be carefully studied in buying a farm with much pasture land. To determine whether pasture land is eco nomic or not, practical data should bff secured as to the numher of acres necessary to support one head of stock and the Interest on the value of the land in question compared with the current charge per head of the same kind of stock for a season's pasturage. Or the estimated value of the return in increased value of the stock or its products may be used for comparison. By this means the relative economy of pastures may be determined. TREATING COLT FOR VERMIN Most of Lice Powders Will Prove Effi cient If Used Frequently-Coal Tar Dip ls Good. Care mnst he taken that the colt docs not become lousy, for nrt colt will thrive and make good growth while troubled with lice. If tho owner of a good colt which is not thriving as well as his feed and management warrant will make a close examination he will discover that the young anima! is be ing eaten tip hy lice. Most of thc lice powders on the mar ket will prove very efficient if used frequently, or one of the coal-tar dip prci?arations may he applied asa spray with a lin nd sprayer. As lue'; rho Jico persist this treatment should he administered once a wee!;. Spray well under ?he inane, under the jaws, along the backbone, haek of the forelegs and around the flanks. A thorough treatment muy he given in a few min ?tes with a good sprayer. BEES ARE GREAT TRAVELERS To Collect a Pound of Clover Honey Insects Must Get Material From 62,000 Blossoms. The bee ls famed for Industry, but to show how much work the bee really does a naturalist says that to collect a pound of clover honey the bees must deprive r.2,000 clover blossoms. The flowers must he visited by 3,7.r?0, 000 bees, or, In other words, to collect his pound of honey one bee must make 8,7."0.OOO trips to and from the hive. As bees are known to fly for miles in their quest of suitable fields of op eration. lt ls clear that a single ounce of honey represents millions of miles of travel. COMPOSTED MANURE IS GOOD Better Than Well-Rotted Article and Very Much Cheaper-ls Well Balanced Plant Pood. Composted manure is as good or heltrr than the ordinary well-rotted article and very much cheaper because more can be saved and much less is wasted hy being washed away or leach ing into (he soil while rotting. It ls :. better balanced plant food and does nut produce so much leaf and vine instead of the fruit or roors tor which most garden crops are grown. SOME POSTSCRIPTS A mounting of recent invention per mits a single-lens camera to take a stereoscopic picture. Traces of light have been detected in the ocean at depths of more than three hundred feet by British scien tists. Ry a new refrigeration process a Louisiana euglneer claims to freeze a block of ice a foot thick in an Ljur. The government of Peru will send two men to Cuba to study the cultiva tion and manufacture of tobacco for a year. Chopped banana stalks, used just after tho fruit has been harvested, are Utilized for horse fed in Queensland. A key that can be used repeatedly has been invented for squeezing all the contents from collapsible metal tubes. A private train luis been built for the sultan of Egypt that is composed of cars that get their current from motors driven by gasoline engines. Of German invention is an electric hlue-printinc apparatus that so re flects the rays from au arc lamp that all parts of the print are illuminated evenly. Beneath the usual visor of a cap de signed for athletes is another made of a material that is transparent but so colored as to shade the eyes from the sun. FROM THE PENCIL'S POINT It's difficult for a doctor to cure a diseased mind. A sharper is a keen man with a dull conscience. Somehow we can't help feeling sor ry for an ex-hero. Be sure of your aim In life before moving into a glass house. A good scare ls of more benefit to some men than good advice. Most men who are shadowed by de tectives are more or less shady. Men who make good.don't sit down and wait for their ship to come in. A woman may win a man's love without trying, but she can't keep lt that way. Bees can't talk, but they often get back at a fellow with a few stinging retorts. Music is the food of love-which Is more than can be truthfully suid of the onion. It isn't difficult to Induce the other chap to compromise when he realizes that you have the best of it IN OTHER CITIES Camdon. N. J., is to have a new ship building plant. Atlantic City jitney busses are go ing out of business gradually. Milwaukee has ten citiz"iis with an nual incomes in excess of $100,000. s Cleveland bears men aro being en listed liiere for the Russian anny. Philadelphia will rush construction of twn new sections of subway, to cost $15,000,000. Cincinnati women .ire organizing to raise funds to save the city's zoological gardens. Pittsburgh board of education is try ing t<> discharge woiuau teachers fur getting married. Washington, P. C., Is to entertain in lill7 the twenty-seventh reunion of the Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans. LITTLE SURPRISES "Mister, here's them live tons of coal you ordered this morning." "No, sir, this isn't the real, genuine olive oil ; that's the reason we sell It so cheap." . "You don't need to waste any sym pathy on me, old peg; I am satisfied with my job, my boss and my wages." "Gentlemen, the conductor is ask ing us to move forward in the car. Come on, there's plenty of room." "Young man, we find that we have not been paying you enough, so we'll increase your salary $10 a week, be ginning today."-Portland Express. THINGS WE NEVER-HEAR "No, I did not resign. I was fired." "Wife, I believe you need a new gown." "Your hill is very reasonable, In deed, doctor." "I did not marry him for love; I wanted a position in society." "It iv>". not hard luck. We were de feat; d because they were the hotter players." Half Your Living Without Money Cos A right or wrong start in 1917 wi: make or break most farmers in th South. We are all facing a crisis This war in Europe puts things i such uncertainty that no man ca foresee the future with any degree c clearness. The sure and certain Increase t cotton acreage means lower cotto: prices next fail. Cost of all food am grain products is high, so high tha no one can afford to buy and expec to pay out with cotton. It's a time above all others to pla; safe; to produro all possible food grain and iorage supplies on you own acres; to cut down the store bill A good piece of garden ground rightly planted, rightly tended an< kept plantea tho year round, can bi made to pay haif your living. It wil save you more money than you mad< on the best five acres of cotton yoi ever grew! Hastings* 1917 Seed Book tells al about the right kind of a money sav lng garden and the vegetables to pu in it. It tells about the field crops* a? well and shows you the clear road tc real farm prosperity, lt's Free. Sene for it today to H. G. HASTINGS CO. Atlanta, Ga.-Advt. Master's ?Sale. State of Sonth Carolina, County of Edgefield. Court of Common Pleas. The Bank of Edgefield- Plain tiff Agains!- \Y. D. Holland in hi own Right and as Executor o Last Will and Testament of E S Holland D^c'd., et. al.,-Defer .dan ts. Pursuant lo a decree in thc abov entitled cause, I shall offer for sal at public outcry to the highest bid der before the Court House, Towi of Edgefield, County and Stat aforesaid, on salcsday in February 1917, the same being the 5th day o said month, between the legal hour of sale the following describee realty, to wit: Tract No. 1, All that parcel o tract of land, situate, in the Count; and State aforesaid, containin< eighty acres, more or less, boundec on the North by land of I. A. Webl and the Estate of B- W. Bettis; oi the South by the estate of B. W Bettis. Tract No. 2, All that tract o; parcel of land known as the Hom? Place of B. S. Holland, deceased situate in the Town of Trenton, ii said County and State containini Twelve and one-half acres, more oi less, bounded on the North bj Church Street; on the East by lol of J. C. Long and Mrs. Leila Ro per; on the South by Public Streei and on the West by the Augusti Road. This tract formerly con tamed 22 i acres, 10 acres ol which has been heretofore sold. Terms of Sale-One-half cash, balance on a credit of one year, with interest from date of said sale, or all cash at purchaser's option: the credit portion, if any, to be se cured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of thc premises, Said bond ami mortage to provide for interest from date, and ten per cent, attorney's fees, in case same shall be placed in bands of an at torney for collection. If purchaser at said sale shall fail to comply with the terms thereof, within one hour from the lime ol' said sale, said premises, upon direc tion of pl ai mi ff, or his attorney, will be resold <>n said day at the risk ol' the former purchaser. Pur chaser to pay for papers. J. II. CANTELOTJ, Master, E. C., S. ? Jan. 2, 1'.? 17. Notice of Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP EDGEFIELD, (In Probate Court.)""" Mrs. Mattie W. Denny, as Admin istratrix of the estate of Tillman R. Denny, deceased, and in her own right-Plaintiff-against Mrs. Mary Louono Reese, Claud Willa Denny, Antoinette \V. Denny and Mrs. M. E. Walker D?fendants. Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the decree of the probate Court for Edgefield County in this cause, I will sell at public auction in front of the Court House, at Edgefield, in the County of Edge field, said State, on salesday in Feb ruary next, being the 5th day of said month, the following described real estate belonging to the estate of Tillman R. Denny, deceased, to wit: < A certain lot of land in the Town of Johnston, Edgefield Connty, South Carolina, and the dwelling and improvements thereon, con taining one (l) acre, more or less, bounded on the North by lot of Mrs. Georgia Turner; East by J. L. Smith; .South by Minis Avenue; and West by the Preeby terian Church lot. W. T. KINNAIRD, .Judge of Probate of Edgefield, County of South Carolina. Jan. 5, 1!)17. Or- Kiig's - ' fewery :;L;.S THE CO1 . JBES T;?E LUNGS. OB! SO HAPPY To nave A ACCO K Oowrieht 1909. by C. E. Zimmerman Co-No. 14 F all the unhappy homes not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, Vice-president E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. J. H. Allen. S California . Fruit . Store GEO. COCLIN & BROS. Proprietors Fruit From Every Clime Fresh Vegetables Importers of the World's Best Goods Cigars . Cigarettes . Tobacco . Etc. ES We Solicit the Patronage of Our Edsrefield Friends Corner Jackson and Ellis Sts. [Wi H Licensed agent for regular li censed companies by the State of South Carolina can insure country homes, barns, etc., coun try churches and schools, well rated country merchants, cotton on farms, gin-houses, seed. Write me before the fire. E. J. NORRIS a '?in Minn II ? II 11 i S. & co. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks August a, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED gjflff" See our representative, C. E. May. Established Over a Quarter Century Davison & Eargo Cotton Commission Merchants Augusta, Ga. Correspondence Invited Liberal Advances on Cotton Shipments