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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
WONDERFUL SAVING OF LIFE
the Death Rate of Chicago Almost
In Half, Statistics Show.

Modern sanitary measures and pre-
ventive medicine (Which means no
medicine at alb are chiefly RESPONSE
bic for nearly doubling the average
length Of human life In Chicago, and
that within only one generation.
This statement is clearly borne out
by statistics published by the Chicago
Health Department, and is only slight
ly less true Of some other localities
But the bald statement does not sufi-
ciently convey the whole truth. Look
at the figures: An average death
rate in Chicago during the whole for
ty years previous to the last decade
Of 21.9 per thousand Of population.
During the past ten years the average
has been only lat. This means
saving Of 124,421 lives, for the ten
years, or 12,442 per year. That is.
there were just that many less deaths
from all causes than there would
have been under former measures and
methods.
Does not that make the work an
pear worth while?
Nothing Is palmer than that educa-
ton OF the people, combined with a
Willingness on their part to do the
best they know how, In the various
ways OF taking better care OF them
selves. is the main source of this
splendid result. The greatest saving
OF life has been among those diseases
most affected by sanitary adninistra-
ton and control.
A still better story is to be told. II
the people viii do as the Health De-
partment teaches there win be stiii
greater saving during the next ten
wears.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
Pumpkins Too Watery.

pumpkins as feed for hogs can hard.
ly be compared in value with corn
The field pumpkin is about 80 per
cent. water, and the sweet pumpkin
about 80 per cent. A feed containing
so much water cannot be used sue.
cessfully as substitute for such a
feed as corn, which contains only 10
to II per cent. water.
The pumpkin therefore is valuable
not as a substitute for, but as a sup
plement to. the grain ration. Used
In this way it is very valuable, both
for COWS and hogs. Brood sows can
be put In good shape for the breeding
season with pumpkins and grass.
Pumpkins should not be fed heay-
lily to fattening hogs; q moderate al.
IoWance with the corn will make bet
ter gains because OF the variety and
succulent, but they are too bulky to
feed heavily during the fattening
period.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28

ever, she could not stay to weep Ger
long. She therefore dashed away her
tears to say:
Never mind, dearie-you shall
have another"
"But she won't be Pink to mel"
was the wailing reply.
you can call her Rose or Violet,
then. You mustn't take on so. S'pose
your dear mother had climbed that
tree and got hung by the neck! Think
how awfuller it would have been!"
Eyes, I know, but Pink may have
called to me when she found herself
strangling."
"But she never did. Her first
thought was that she had made a
fool Of herself getting up that tree.
It's another cat We'll have inside of
three days. Now be good and don't
cry any more"
Il wouldn't feel so bad if-if-"
"If what. dearie?"
IF it wasn't for the sign"
what sign?"
"Why. cre day when I was at the
gate with the cat an old woman came
along and said If Pink died within a.
year must take it as a sign that I'd
lose the love Of my lover. The year
isn't Up yet"
Nonsense on the old woman and
her signs"
Don't you believe it?"
"Of course not. You should have
made up faces at her"
"Oh, but l did,"
"That's proper and right. honey. AS
you have no lover how Can you lose
his lover"
"But I'm going to have. you know,
and don't want any signs to come
poking along"
Don't you fear. Some signs are
sure to come true, but this enc is go
ing to fail. If you bury Pink that
will surely make il fail There's an
old suit case In the woodshed. Put the
body in that and take it away"
Forty rods down the highway was q
grove of beeches. 1t was a quiet. rest
full spot Now and then an auto went
honking by, but as a dead cat is not
too particular, Pink" would sIeen
there without waking. With the spade
In one hand and the suit case In the
other, Miss Bah made her way TO
the grove. She did not have to Iook
long for spot. Where the violets
bloomed and the green leaves cast
their shade she dug the grave, or she
had begun to when there came an in
terruption.
Gregg Fenlon was home from col
lege on his vacation, and was tearing
around the country in his racing ma
chine in way to set the bridges on
nre. AS the spade was turning up the
SOIL ne came scorching along looking
Tor something to devour. and there
was q sudden stop as he caught sight
OF the girl. She was only fifty fest
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
INJURY BY WEEV|LS
Insect Moves About but Little
Except in the Fall.
Pest May Be Greatly Reduced by
Picking Them Off the Little Cot
ton Until Squares Begin
to Form In Spring.

CBy @. Fl. Afford. Special Agent Of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstrated
Work, Jackson, Miss.)
Farmers who destroy the squares,
bolls and foliage-the sole food sup
ply OF the weevil-on or before Octo-
Der 20 and add strength to this almost
knockout blow by blowing under all
the weeViIs in the cracks and holes
in the ground and in the grass and
trash on the ground and by destroy
ing practically all the weevils hiber-
mating along the turn-roWs, fences,
hedges, and in general the vicinity Of
the fields and follow up the destruc-
ton by picking the weevils off the
little cotton until the squares begin
to form and by picking up the pune
tured squares for at least one month
after the squares begin to form, will
certainly reduce the number of boil
weevils to the minimum
When the oyer-wintered weevils
emerge from winter quarters in the
spring and reach the little cotton
there Is little further movement until
the general dispersion season in Au-
gust, September and October. The
oyer-wintered weevils go from winter
quarters to the nearest cotton field
and remain there until the migratory
period in the fall. The fact that the
weevil moves about but little except
In the fall makes it possible for an
individual farmer to obtain the best
result from his own efforts in fighting
the pest. There is little danger of
the arrival of weevils from fields
where they have not been picked off
the little cotton until in August when
the cotton crop is normally set. The
danger Of the movement of weevils
from farm to farm before August is
not important enough to warrant any
farmer In hesitating to Thoroughly
pick the weevils and punctured
squares.
Where the food supply Of the wee
Wis Is not destroyed early in the fall
and strength added to this blow by
blowing under the cornstalks, grass
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
When The
Sign Failed

/ Copyright. 1911 by Associated Lters-5
Miss Bah Ellerton sat down and
wept.
A healthy. good-looking girl O.
eighteen does not weep just for the fur
Of pulling her own nose as her tears
fan. Miss Bah had cause-great cause
Her cat was dead.
There is no particular way 10 de-
scribe a dead cat except to say tha,
she was loyal and faithful, a good
mouser and her name was Pink" She
had been a cat for several years and
had got used to IL. and she knew that
she was beloved by Miss Bah. That
love was returned. Never had that
cat given the girl an hours uneasi-
ness. She had occasionally taken an
hour off to stroll among the holly
hooks or interview 'tater-bugs, but she
had never failed to come running
when her name was called in loving
tones.
Pink" was missed and called right
after breakfast. The calling was in
vain. She was hunted for under beds,
in the garden, all around the pergola,
under the currant bushes, and at
length there was find. Alas, Ii was
only her dead body She had climbed
an apple tree after sparrow, and In
descending had slipped and caught
her neck in a crotch and strangled to
death.
There was no one else hut the cook
at home. She heard the girls wild
walls and ran out, but there was
nothing to be done. While every cat
has nine lives, If eight of them are
choked out Of her the ninth gives up
in despair and after a kick or two
follows the others.
1t was when the cook reached up
and lifted poor dead Pink" down that
the weeping took place. The cook also
wept She was good cook, and her
pumpkin pies had no rivals. AS she
had left her bread in the oven. how
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
The Fifth
StenOgr1pher


tcopyrsxhs. 1911. BY Associated Literary
Mr.. BENJAMIN Holbrock. OF the nru
OF b. Holbrook q Company. 3oeoeS
had been absent from his business fol
three weeks. and therefore entered
his ONCE resolved to get back into
harness ss speedily ~ possible. After
wadtng through Q mass OF accumu
lated correspondence. he rang for his
confidential stenographer. She failed
10 appear. A second aud q third ring
were equally barren OF results Mr..
Holbrook grew Indignant With q saw
age lab, he touched another button
on his desk, and In q moment Wat
son, his chief clerk. stood at his ell.
bow.
Watson" he demanded. why
doesn't Miss Gayley respond to her
call?"
Miss Gayley was married while
you were away"
An office romance?"
Yes" responded Watson with a
smile. "Smithers. one OF the book
keepers, is the other guilty party"
We'll, he got a sensible wife. con-
found him. Give him a ten per cent
raise. At the same time he robbed
me OF good stenographer just when
she had become efficient and valuable.
It strikes me these cases are becom-
ing pretty frequent il this office.
aren't they. Watson"
This is the fourth in three years"
Exactly" agreed Mr.. Holbrook.
-Four in three years, OF which your
own case was the first. Matrimony is
a noble institution, Watson. but ii can
not be allowed to play hob with this
business the way 1t has been doing.
propose now to get a stenographer
who will regard this Office as some
thing more than a stepping stone to
marriage. Miss Gayley's successor
must be at least thirty-flve years old.
You will advertise at once for a lady
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
FIRST CLEAN THE SYS1H
Thing to Do In the Instant That ~
Presence Of tuberculosis 10
Suspected.

The fever OF consumption is rot p'f
marily due to the presence OF the U
bercle bacilH In the system. lndee@
unless there are other condiaOS
which cause the bodily tenpers'-'
to rise 1t Is inclined to be sub-norEA
One Of the interesting revelate.
OF modern medicine is the fact tas1
these germs may exist long ti1s
the human body without there Oss
any rise Of temperature whz'e'e.
This Is plainest seen in a tuoeFe-.-
abscess, but 1t is also seen In
many cases In which for log PERI.
there is no fever. What does "a
the fever In the earlier stages Is q
ordered state Of the aline1tary Ca
The stomach and bowels become
ranged and full of toxins Walcn'
coming absorbed, poison the sys,
and cause the temperature TO rise, -
years 1t has been the practice O
writer to reduce any tenpeTatui
normal, especially during the
stages Of the disease, simply by
Ing out the stomach and enecu1e :
complete cleansing Of the iEtes :.
tract. Later on the fever Is oOs
the absorption OF broken-doSn =
tissue and to ptomaines, ana -
quite another story.
When, therefore, tuberculosis = !.
pected the temperature shouio
taken and II fever is present inc IS.
SON should invariably go to MS
stefan and have his digestive
thoroughly cleansed. when By pFV
diet and outdoor life he VIII DC
almost certainly to overcome tas
ence Of the tuberculous germs
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28

confesslng to that many summers. II
you cannot find her, I'll have to get q
man-but l prefer the woman. IL she
| exists"
Benjamin Holbrook had never been
married. At the age when other men
take unto themselves wives, he had
Deen too busy smoothing the path of
the newly established firm of B. Hol.
brook & Co. over the thorny WAYS
which infant industries must travel
Matrimony, he had reasoned mnst
wait upon success. Success he had
hnally achieved, and now it waited
upon matrimony. IL questioned. he
would not have been able to saw
whether he had eluded matrimony or
matrimony had eluded him, but now.
at the age of forty, he was forced tn
confess to his friends that while IL
was still possible In his case. If did
not seem very probable.
Being a bachelor, he had never
oeen able to fathom the mental
processes which led a girl to abandon
comfortable salary in his Office for
the purpose of sharing the salary ne
male worker In the same Office. and
In much less degree had he been able
70 understand the line of reasoning
winch led the aforesaid male worker
to persuade her to do so
In employing Office help, the head
oI tne nrm was able to discern merit
do glance. All his male suhordi.
mates had good qualities. The fopr
women who had reigned in brief src-
cession In the office were all well en-.
ooWed In this respect-so wei on.
doWed, indeed, that four of tba NAL
snDordinates had discerned their rert.
even better than the boss, with the
result that for the fifth time In three
years tnat gentleman, with ALI q
oacneiors dislike for change I'm the
existing order of things, faced the dis
oeaDie prospect of becoming ar
eus'oneo 70 new stenographer 7,
was THIS TACT. coupled with the knour,'
eoge that there were yet several =.
married men In the Office All -.
500 Qualities, that led him to tssn.
fis edict concerning the age Of ,se
mex. woman who should grace hts O.
adjustment. nIs CO
-, "alsons advertisement broupb,
~. one applicant to Mr.. HolbrooE-
: handsome. somewhat sad-facad -,
an whose gown Of black wen 49,.
INC slender plumpness of her firura
am Miss Holmes" She s,s,a.
SIMPLY. have come In answer -
pher." . stenogra-
OPP ynve years of are. or old.
added Mr.. Holbrook w
"a. aA able to meet that condition /.
mead OF the firm was for..s =.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
ssefsss b A,nss,f sAss a.
NA a. - -

look O.
Have roc bad any ,,
this capacity be aslss
None. whatever -.
But I have n good So
have fitted myself earv.s~. IL
n position. AID I fee =. = ~
the requirements set to- s"w
somewhat unusual aars-,,. :
1t ~as = little out 0, -.
wasn't III
Yes"
But there vas -
During the last three ,.,~ a
lost no less than four 80. e.
through matriaony. I,..sa@
to secure some one ~ho 80
business as other tAaa -
stone to marriage tia, p,o-'-ssias
ad." -'~'s u
Il can safely say TIA, -.
prospect OF my making So as
it" replied Miss Holmes &
A trial showed that 81.
equipped for the position a. y
brook reflected. also. TIA, -
never recognized SO many r,.'a =
ties in an applicant before j. 80
fore engaged her. and in e. "a
found reason 10 couErafuls,.,.-s
for she developed an em~,s--
above that Of her very er,s,-. =
decessors. In a few months =. -
10 regard her as indispers,,,. g
found himself regrettlng TIA, "a. =
near him In Office hours o,Iv
And then It came. he "a.
ing TO her one day. he on The -, = :
of the big. fat Office table a. =
on the other. facing hin ~
grasping for some solu,los ..
knotty business problem. he A.
his mind to wander. Tie -
furnished Office faded from hi, -.
The table became a dining tab. =
cred with snowy linen upou -
silver cleaned and crystal sparss1N
such dining table as one see, /.
home; but Miss Holmes tadet -.
the picture not at all. In his revs-.
he saw her sitting opposite him uo.
dream table-and then benjamin. y.
brook, bachelor. aged forty g-,
back to earth with a rush. Heush
love. He was certain OF II. desps,. 4,
novelty OF the sensation.
Mr.. Helbrook was accustomed u 4
rect methods.
Miss Holmes, can you still sI,,s
say that there is no prospect 0. ~
making business a stepping stos, :
marriage?" he asked suddenly.
Miss Holmes was also In a rerea
She came out Of 1t in confusion.
II think So" she managed :
gasp.
'"Then there is a doubt"
Yes; there is a doubt" she n
mitted.
Il ask you to give me the benefit 1
it."
"Oh, I am not thinking OF res!r
Ing" she protested.
81 am not asking you TO give ~
business the benefit OF the 9osk
Miss Holmes; | am asking you &c ~,
1t to me. ! desire you to resign. Gail
you see what am getting at? on
you. l want you to be my wife"
Wouldn't that be playing hob ~,
the business?" she asked after 4
pause, smiling through her blusheE
Mr.. Holbrook rose from bis ehi-
and started toward her. She FED s
the door in a panic and paused VII
her hand on the knob.
THE business is Injured TO such a
Deriences by this time" be langhs-
still going toward her. "You must -
member that my own romance hI
quartet Of precedents right here IL cs
office. However, it shall be the las''
or my next confidential stenogspsS
shall be a man."
Miss Holmes covered her face VI
Ter hands as he reached for her.
"If that is the case, B-Benjanh'
he murmured, "you might begin
ook around for the man"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28

& from the TO40- a0C &c CuLs1 aAz0ss'
see the tears In her eyes, At seast
! be could see that her mouth vas puck
cred up ia o way that betokenec
grief. and he felt tt his duty 10 tnves
/ tigate-
II was Just burying . cat ex
planned Miss Bah as the collegian ap
preached and lifted his cap.
Dead. ehg-
Yes. got hung"
Particular catf That Is. al extra
lovable cat!"
Just the incest cat in all this
world. Her name was PINK She
was my pet"
And you have been crying" he
asked as he took the spade from her
hands and began to dig.
"Just-just a little. Her name vas
Pink you know. and her death was
50 very sudden"
Il lost dog once"
And you buried him."
Sure. Yes. he has a grave"
And you felt bad?"
Took me month to get over t."
I'm glad of that. Ii shows you
have a heart When | first saw you
thought you looked reckless.
guess the hole Is deep enough now for
poor 'Pink's' body. / thank you ever
so much"
"Oh, but I'm not through yet. Body
In the suitcase, Ell? | see. Well. we'll
drop 1t in gently-so. Now I'll pull
down a lot of twigs and leaves TO
cover 1t in. Now for the dirt and our
mournful task is done"
But you don't think me silly?" she
anxiously asked.
Not bit of IT. Lord, miss, but IL
the collie dog I've got now should die
I'd sure put up a headstone for him
and sing a hymn over his grave.
suppose you live in the white house
back there? I'll carry the spade and
suitcase. Don't weep any more over
the cat. You've done all you could
In the case"
There was almost a smile on Miss
Miss Bab's face as she entered the
house. The cook had been peeking,
and she stood with her hands on her
hips and demanded:
And now about that old woman's
sign?"
"Why-what?"
THAT young mani"
"He just came along"
"And he dug the grave for poor
Pink"
AND he was so kind and gentle
about It,"
Eyes. so kind and gentle!"
"And he lost dog once"
"Yes, lost dog once!"
why cook what have I done?"
asked Miss Bah.
Done! Done! Why, you've gone
and knocked the old woman's cat-sign
into Continental cooked hat, just as
told you you would, and it won't be
a year before your engagement will be
'fW-h-y, cook!"
Lost a cat and gained a loveri"
"I-I-I-"
Gust as I said-just as I said II
you are chasing a rooster and fall
over the fence that's sign you won't
have beau for five years to come,
but if you find your pet cat hanging
lead in an apple tree all the dough
nuts ever made can't keep you from
the incest man In the state
within two years, and the two years
are to be spent in the sweetest court
ng ever written of in a ten-cent
novel;"
Miss Bah is counting. and it was
only the other day that she confessed
% the cook:
I'm not a hard-hearted girl, but |
really I'm almost glad the cat died."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28

uALiODs
trash, weeds and other vegetable mat
ter that serves as winter quarters fol-
the weevils and by destroying practi.
ca1ly all the weeVils alternating along
the fence rows, hedges and ditch
banks, the over-wintered weevils are
often sufficiently numerous to pune.
ture the squares as fast as they form
On the cotton. Under such conditions
1t is not necessary for the over-win.
tered wAevils to multiply before the
squares are punctured as fast as they
form on the cotton. When the over.
Mintered weevils are sufficiently nu.
merous to puncture the squares as
fast as they form no cotton will be
made unless the weevils are picked of
the little cotton and the punctured
squares destroyed.
DIR. ". D. Hunter Of the bureau of en-.
tomology estimates the possible prog.
eny OF single pair Of weevils during
. season beginning on June 20 and ex.
tending to November 4 at 1875, 100.
Nature has provided a number of
agencies to prevent such excessive
multiplication, however, the picking
OF a pair Of weevils off the little cot
ton means millions less later on. Ev.
cry pair Of weevils picked of the little
cotton and destroyed reduces the mum.
Der OF puncture squares and bolls by
millions.
Before squares form on the cotton,
the over-winter weevils that have
emerged feed upon the opening leaves
or bud OF the little cotton. Early in
the morning it is an easy mstter to
dnd the weevils in the buds of the
little cotton. 1t is not at ali difficult
10 pick them of the bads of the little
cotton and destroy them.
The only reason why we cannot
eradicate the weevil by thoroughly
picking them of the little cotton is
that the majority Of the over-wintered
Meevils do not emerge until after the
squares begin to form on the cotton.
As soon as squares form on the cotton
the weevil gets on the inside Of the
bracts and feeds Only by inserting It's
beak deeply into the squares. After
the squares begin to form on the cot.
ton 1t Is hardly practicable to pick the
Weevils OF the cotton.
The over-wintered weevils cannot
multiply until squares form on the
cotton. The weevil passes the winter
In the adult stage and breeds only In
squares and bolls. The most conspicu-
Gus indication 81 the presence OF the
boil weevil Is the faring of the
squares. When the weevil punctures
square 1T turns yellow and the
bracts flare" open. The punctured
square usually falls to the ground In
feW days.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
Tooth-PulIine In Japan.

The Japanese dentists perform all
their operations in tooth-drawing with
the thumb and forefinger of one hand.
The skill necessary to do this is ac-
quired only after long practice. but
when once 1t Is obtained the operator
La able to extract haff-a-dnzen teeth
I'm about half a minute without once
removing his fingers from the ma,
tents mouth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
Feeding Cotton Seed.

Cotton seed may be fed to steers
with good results. although the usual
practice now is to feed the cotton
seed meal remaining after the oil has
been extracted In he mills. The cot.
tonseed has pronounced laxative ef.
tect liz fed heavily.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-28
Celestial SWats.

Mrs Willis-I suppose that ID s.s
en- we viii be disappointed in MOI
Ing certain people there. 90
Mrs. Gillis-Yes. But wen % -
disappointed at finding certain
people there.-Puck.
Evening journal., 1912-04-29
At the Theatres

Manager Dockstader's usual aim TO
wind mp the vaudeville season at the
Garrick with a big show is plainly re-
fiected in the bill which he announces
for the week commencing to-day
the last week Of vaudeville at the
local playhouse For instance, there is
Jesse Laskey's latest The Antique
Girl with II people in the cast an
act that has never played anywhere
for less than $3.50 This heads the
bill. and is not the only big number
by any manner of means. There je
Rush, Ling Toy and Co., in an Oriental
feature introducing all sorts of mys-
terious illusions that have never been
seen in this country before; Mile
Jewell's Royal Manakins, one of the
greatest features for little folks that
vaudeville has ever offered at any
time; Kate Wilson. The Country
Girl" and a big hit along the Keith
circuit where she is invariable head
line attraction; Charles Olcott, a COM
edian; Alfred Kappeler and Jacklyn
Brunay in "An Hawaiian Filtration;
Gardner: West and Sunshine, in COM
edy, and the ever popular pictures.
Surely such a bill is calculated to
make local plsygoers sit up and take
notice. 10 use a popular expression
and especially when they stop TO con-
slider that this IS the last chance they
will have at vaudeville until next sea-
son