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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17

and IS often uEccoHonic4i enooyf -
create waste which raises that tcr.l
considerably in any household. co,
h smallest. To arrive at the CUES
ton Of the relative importance ~
domestic work-for a married woman
as compared to u Saiaried position.
it Is necessary 70 figure upon how
much the girl Of ordinary interest and
intelligence would be worth in dol
lars and cents If she applied htr
Dor to her own establishment. ana
how much she can earn in q salarlD6
position. 4 little figuring Will ar4l,
the figurer to the conclusion tl.t a.
te~lli:ence plus industry applied III IL.
home Will get better returns thaI
ordinarily does when applied IL !.
S3laried position, provided the nulnt
is one run upon such a scale that S.
g week for a cook would be cOnSic-
cred reasonable outlay. OF course tn.
question of which kind OF work Is IN
The personal equation involved mal.~
it one to which no general aneN
can safely be given
All Of which is respectfully 81
mittea TO readers who arc troubled
about cooks and the high cost Of il.
ing. but Who have not yet made up
their minds to become VegetarIan>
adopt the Chaloner diet, 81 do thor
OVID cooking.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
BEST INDICATION.
Poet Phiics opher

One of the events in the past week
Of Importance in North Carolina was
the tine live stock show at StatesviEa.
There were nearly two hundred on
trlcs. There We're fine Saddle and
driving horses, ponies, mules, colts.
beef cattle, Jersey cattle ana othe,
cattle. uch 4 show in Jredell
county OF any other county in North
carolina would have been impossible
twenty years 400. We have made
great progress in live stock. and the
Future Will witness much greater i'm
lroN'haent. ono Of the interesting
;'nd practical features Of the show
WAS the large number of horses anG
n}nle foals shown. The Statesville
Landmark truly said: Such 6
>hoW rs this, pointing toward home.
raising stock is the best indication
az live stock Improvement
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
UNCLE WALT

III each might be the cllOOSnr Of DIES.
or Ianguish in distress.
the LOSER But things are 80 ad-
juSted in this sad mum
dane place that some ones hopes are
busted whenever there's II race. Some
one must sup in sorrow whcnc'er the
nun goes down. with boiling that the
morrow will also wear u frOWn. Nam
Kind is ne'er cmbattled. there IS no
great advance, but some ones badly
ratified. and son ones name is Pance.
Md SO the luckiess who can
keep in the al should be u patient
loser, and smile the best he can. In
all the bygOne ages. since Adam flew
the coop, the WHINE drew the wages,
the loser drew the soup. A girl is
never married, all orangc-wrca1h
and gay but that some guy has car
ricd II brooding grief away. There is,
! fear. no blessing that hasn't got itS
sting; the losers walls distressing
haunt those who lance and sing.
~f and eat my dinner in circumstance
and pride, and doubtless some poor
sinner is gnaWing bones outside. To
day I'm fat and happy, j eat and LOAF
and smoke; tOmOTrOW'S dawn, old
rhappie. may see you uncle broke
And if l am Il loser, knocked out by
Fortunes game, ! surely won't abuse
her, that good old Siddy dame. bu,
bless her dear old pictur'. and wirer
the wheel goes round. again d smiling
victor In hope I nay be found.
Walt Mason
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
200 CARL OADS
FROM HAYWOOD ALONE
cattle From Western Carolina Already
Soid 1hls Year Worth Over Quarter
Million.

A~sheV1lie, Dec. 14-More than !.
quarter of y million dollars worth e
rattle nave already been shipped from
western North Carolina during the
present Year, and the shipments are
not yet finished, according To state
1nents made by men who have made :
specially or stock shipments from
this section,
haywood county, according to ii.
i'sures0 Compiled, has shipped the
greatest number of cattle from this
sect1on, their cattle going to north.rn.
eastern and southern markets. Il Is
stated that over 200 carloads OF cat
Tie nave been shipped from this o.e
county alone.
h stock is sold for various mar
he's' the tail shipments being cspe-
e4ally IN demand both in northern and
ioTelsn markets. as the cattle shipp-
co this time OF year are mostly tn.
pest OF the herds, separated from the
naiance OF the cattle and scientircaliy
isu 1or market. It Is estimated that
'io lSureS on cattle exports VIII
redch close TO the half million mark
pe1ole the close Of the year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
WEEKLY TONIC.
tNeweN Dwight IIillcs.

tNeWell Dwight lIillcS.)
Manhood is birth gift plus struggles.
temptation, wrestling, and refusalS to
go downward and determination TO
climb upward. 1l. saint is a man
who has been carried off the field on
his shield, victorious oyer inbred sin
and outside temptation. Men who
Drift are men who drown.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
THE FOOLS

hickory, Dec. 1+-Recently The
FooIs revenge" the play tha, nuGe
Edwin Booth famous. was given ~
LeHoir college by the Chrestonian and
Eunenean Literary societies With very
great success.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
ALL FOR S1.7O

There has never been offered IN
North Carolina SO much good reading
for SO little money as we r Offering
under the following propositions: For
one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an
sight-page weekly newspaper.
The COmmOner, an able weekly
journal, published by William Jen.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen
page North Carolina home and farm
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these papers
Oyic year.
v. C. MOORE. Manager.
rings Bryan.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

dous lot of feeding and nursing; and
the megapodes seem to have taken
particular care, therefore, that this
should not be the case with their
youngsters Why should their fine in
tellects be wasted in catering for
sque aking nestlings? And SO they
found a way out. That was by lay
ing enormous osgs containing enough
food to tide over the whole of this try
ing period. Accordingly, the young
megapode battens on his food yolk,
and grows and sheds his nesting
down, and develops his first suit of
feathers while still within the walls
of his ivory cradle. When. at last, by
means of his "egg-teeth" he cuts the
roof of his cot and wriggles out. he
finds himself in warm, reeking bed
of mold And here, for a few hours
more, he rests quietly. thinking out
is next move. This is to wriggle
out. So soon as this is done his quill.
sheaths peel off, and 10. presto. he
can not only run, but fly alone. And
having never known his parents, he
never pines for them. but forthwith
proceeds to explore the world and
grow big.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
West No Place for consumptives.

West No Place for Consumpttves.
Physicians in all of the eastern
states will be asked by the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis to stop send
Ing consumptives in the last stages of
tuberculosis and without sufficient
funds to the southwestern part of tire
United States in search of health,
While 1t is impossible to tell accu-
rately how many consumptives there
are at present living in the states Of
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona. south
ern California, and western Texas, It
is probable that no less than ten per
cent of the 100000 people in this
territory have tuberculosis themselves,
or have come to the west because
some members of their family have
had It, Every year, the health authori-
ties estimate, not less than 10000
consumptives, hopelessly diseased.
come west to die. For these cases,
the climate of ties section of the coun-
try can do nothing, and they are COM
PEELED to die in strange surroundl rs
and thousands of miles from home
and friends. The National Assocla-
tion points out further that from so
to so per cent. of these advanced
cases are too poor to provide the
proper necessaries of life, and they
are either starved TO death. or com
PEELED to accept the meager charity
which this part OF the country af-
fords.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
is THE PANAMA METROPOLIS
Port Antonio in Jamaica Ships s.0oo,-
600 Bunches of Tropical Fruit
Every Year.

New York.-Port Antonio to the
United States was eastern shore of
Jamaica, is the greatest banana port
in the world. In 1911 1t shipped more
than 100000 bunches OF bananas,
nearly all of which came to the Unit
ed States. Jamaica leads all other
countries in the world in the produc-
tion Of bananas. and Port Antonio has
the lead over all other towns in ia
maica, because the heavy rainfall in
its neighborhood is favorable to the
production of this fruit. During the
busiest season-July, August and Sep
tembar-eighteen to twenty-one fruit
ships leave Port Antonio every week
for New York, Boston, Philadelphia.
Baltimore or Charleston. But are all
these banana boats trading to the
United States American boats? Far
from it. The consular reports show
that iii 1911 the number of clearances
issued to vessels from Port Antonio to
the United States was 70S. of which
523 were Norwegian, 102 British, IA
American and 9 German ships Per
haps we may rejoice, in the present
state of our neglected merchant ma.
rine, chat as many as "A ships out of
70S were American.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
+ OWLS OF THE AIR.
Incubator Has Been Used by
Birds for Ages.
Australian Brush Turkey Builds Huge
Nest, Eggs Are Laid and Permitted
|. to Hatch Without the Aid
of Female.

London.-Most of us, probably, are
under the impression that man invent
ed the incubator. He did pothing of
the sort. Certain of the fowls of the
air forestalled him by few hundred
thousand years or SO!
Both in the gardens of the Zoolog-
ical society and private parks. such as
that of the duke of Bedford, one spe-
cies of mound-builder, at present at
least, has been annually induced. for
several years past. to give very sue
cessful demonstrations of the way in
which the propagation of the species
may be carried on with the least pos
sihle expenditure of care and energy
on the part Of the parents, while they
evidently ignore the fact that that
method, obstinately persisted in, has
left them hopelessly behind in the race
for life. This bird is the Australian
brush turkey (Talegalla lathami).
Vixen it becomes imperative that ma
ture's annual tribute should be paid,
this bird, knowing nothing OF the
blessed word cooperation" yet acts
upon it, Two or more females, and
perchance an unusually good-natured
male, start throwing dirt with their
feet, which are of enormous size.
Working with an energy worthy OF
better cause, they soon create an enor-
nous head of soil and decaying vege'
tatton. Camping out for few days
on the spot, the tiresome task Is soon
completed. Then the bored females
scrape a hole in the center of the
heap and between them deposit about
score or so eggs. This done. the
hole is covered up and they are
free! The only care they seem to
take for the well-being if the brats
that are to be is that when laying
they contrive to leave the egg with
its large end downwards.
A gardener was once asked why he
always pulled the barrow after him
He replied: Because / 'ates the sigh
of It," And, apparently, for similar
reasons, the mound-bird, in building
its unlovely nursery. throws the eartf
behind it, Sooner or later. however
mound, some six feet high, anC
twelve or fourteen yards in circumfer
ence, is raised The rotting leaves
embedded in leaf-mold. soon begin t
1 ferlhent. and with this the process o
incubation begins Now, nesting birds
as everybody knows, require tremen
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

II anybody wrote book on wealth.
He read II.
On gaining coin by energy or STEALTH
He read 1t.
A book How Had Success In Life
Or RULES for Cutting Coupons with
Knife"
Or "How to Best Secure Wealthy
Wife,
He read ii.
From early youth, when such books came
his way.
He read them.
All pearls of wisdom millionaires might
He read them.
If anybody composed some maxims wise,
Or others told their struggles. FOR the
By night and day with tireless, eager
eyes,
. He read them.
But when chance for fortune came to
He missed it.
When Luck went by, with lantern burn
He missed It.
Each chance to make million sauntered
unnoticed by his restless. hopeful eye
He first must understand things-that
was why
He missed 1t.
"rwas in the papers just the other day
You read It.
About a carriage that took MN away
We read IT.
II was the springless. humping poorhorse
van, ,,
| And on the seat, at ease this luckiess
man -.
Held in his hands book; Great Weaith
The Plan"
He read 1t.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
POOR soPHIA's CASE.
II Was Not Grief, But Prussle Acid
That Caused Her Demise.

Dr. Ronald II. Curtis, the well
known zoologist, said in a recent lee
ture in Charleston. relates the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer;
Il take no stock in these yarns
about the disinterested affection of an
imals. An animals affection is para
sitic-your dog loves you because you
feed 1t. Analy2e those yarns about
animal affection and they turn out like
Sophia's case.
There was a rich old maid who had
an ill-natured cur named Sophia The
old maid died. leaving her fortune te
her nephew, who had lived with her.
met the nephew one day and ven
tured my sympathy He said:
Yes, It's very sad And the morn
ing after my aunt's decease the dog
Sophia died
Grief, | SUPPOSE | said.
No. he said. prussic acid
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
They've Sworn OFF.

Our esteemed co-laborer in the up
lift. Miss Laura Jean Libbey, re-
spending to the anguished appeal OF
fair young thing who writes to her
for advice as to the theoretical mental
attitude of her steady company, says:
Most men like to carry packages.
We fear that something has embit'
tered Laura. Can 1t be that neither
the odorfferous spearmint. nor the sly
sen-sen. nor yet the spices of Araby
have concealed the maraschino ana
the bitters upon some ones evening
salutation? It was our impression that
the cloven breath was conspicuous by
its absence in these days of the year.
Most men like to carry packages =
that reads more like Carrie Nation
than Laura Jean Libbey!
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Half and Half.

Ralph A. Cameron, who was defeat
ed for election to the United States
senate from Arizona not long ago,
Dne had an office boy whose duty 1t
was every morning to fill with fresh
water a big cooler in the ante-room.
Cameron was very particular that this
water should be fresh every day. One
morning he took a drink from the
cooler and then glared at the office
boy.
Willie" he demanded sternly, ''is
this water fresh?"
Yes, sir" answered the boy with.
out meeting Cameron's glance.
Willie" insisted the boss, ARE you
sure the water is fresh?"
well SIR" qualified Willie, part
Of it is."-Popular Magazine.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Sone Satisfaction.

Are you the landlord of this hotel?"
asked the guest who had his baggage
on the porch.
Il guess I be-" answered the man
with the pale eyes
Well, ! want to hand this little
sentiment to you. Your hotel is posi-
lively the worst l have ever seen in
this country, and I've travelled all over
It,"
II know it," answered the landlord.
And I have kinder pride in it.
Lemme tell you something about it.
Every time we get beat outer board
bill it's sure some satisfaction to know
that we got the best of the feller that
done t."-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
ANGRY FISH BITES ANGLER
Brooklyn Man, the Sufferer, Sends
Head to Pasteur institute, Fear
ing Rables.

Whether a fish can have hydro
phobia is question that Fred
Henry of Hancock street, Brooklyn,
would like to have settled. and for
that reason he has sent to the Pas
teur institute in New York the head
of a pickerel that bit him at Swarts-
wood lake recently, says d Newton IN.
J.) correspondent of the New York
Press. Henry was fishing in boat
that was trifle leaky and he took OFF
his shoes and socks. His first catch
was a pickerel weighing three pounds.
When he yanked the fish 1t Topped
around in the bottom of the boat In
a lively fashion.
AS Henry was batting up again he
felt sharp pain in one of his feet,
and. looking down. saw that the pick
erel lad made a Jump and fastened
its teeth in h. toe. He tried to kick
the fish away, but the pickerel held
on and Henry had to use the handle
of his landing net to pTy open the
fish's Jaws before he got free of 1t.
The toe started to swell where the
teeth had punctured 1t, and Henry be-
came worried. He says he thinks 1t
possible that the pickerel may have
had hydrophobia and. as precautions
airy measure, he sent the head to the
Pasteur institute.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Paying for the Bulge.

Mr.. Graball was the owner of sew
eral dilapidated houses, and the way
he dealt with his tenants would have
turned Shylock green with envy.
No one knew how it was the
houses stood. Reports had it that the
wall paper held them together; but
in one house the paper had come off
the wall. AS result the latter
bulged dangerously Forthwith Mr.
Graball raised the rent.
Five shillings more a MONTH" ex.
claimed the wretched tenant. And
with these bulging walls?"
Certainly, madam said the land
lord blaadly. You have more room
SO of course, you must pay for it,"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Wasn't a Dentist,

One day in a law office in q small
Kansas town, says the Kansas City
Star. the lawyer and his assistant
were much surprised to see entering
the door man with badly swollen
face tied up in a big handkerchief.
Before saying anything he sank
wearily into a chair. Scenting an as
sault and battery case, and perhaps
damage suit, the lawyer briskly in
quired what he could do for the
weary one, and the answer he re-
ceived was:
Say. is this the place where you
pull teeth?"
No." replied the lawyer. I'VE
sometimes help people to cut their
teeth, but we never pull them.".
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Her Comment.

The habit quoted the young man
with the red-rooster decorated vest,
"oft proclaims the man."
But" suggested the young lady
with the lofty brow. "it doesn't al
ways use a megaphone to do its pro-
claiming, does it?"
Hineing under her sarcasm. he but
toned his coat tightly across the Of
lending garment, yet could not alto.
gether silence 1t.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Let Down Easy.

SO he proposed to you, did he?"
Yes. He might have known bet
ter. l certainly never gave him any
reason to hope"
Il suppose a fellow never consid-
ers that, though, when he's in love.
Did you ridicule his presumption"
"Oh, no. I let him down easy"
What did you say"
II told him to come back in about
ten years, and IL nobody else showed
an inclination in the meantime to
want me l might consider his offer. =
Chicago Record-Herald
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
CURED OF SCALP TROUBLE

Stratford, Cal.--"My daughters
scalp trouble began as pimples and
festered, then formed scales. Her
scalp itched and she had dandruff.
Her hair came out in punches, falling
entirely in spots as large as silver
dollar. A kind of scab would form in
little white crusts on the spots. These
spots would be sore. Knowing the
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
were good for the skin ard scalp. we
washed her scalp each morning with
Cuticura Soap and then applied the
Cuticura Ointment, rubbing 1t in well
with the hand. 1t helped from the
start. l used one box pr Cuticura
Ointment and one cake Of Cuticura
Soap. then her scalp was cured and
her hair grew again. 1t has been more
than a year since and her scalp Is
clear and healthy" tSigned) Hiram
Crabtree, Jan. 25, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

Had Read the Verdict.

John Henry Muggins!" exclaimed
his wife at a. m, where on earth
have you been all this night?"
"At home. m dear" asserted Mr..
M,iggins. observing with curious inter.
est the gyrations of the hall tree.
AT home? Why, you haven't been
near this house since supper"
''Zhat's all ri'," was the strenuous
response. 81 wash wizzin shignal dish
tance all evenin', jush shame!"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
The other Possibility.

'I'm always afraid when l go home
in the evening"" says the man with
the dessicated hair, that I'll find that
my wife has taken one leg of my best
trousers for a hobble skirt"
Huh" says the man with the roam
ing whiskers. I'm always afraid the
blamed style will subside and my wife
and daughter will try to make me a
pair of pants of their hobble skirts"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

Instead Of liquid antiseptics, tablets
and peroxide, for toilet and medicinal
uses, many people prefer Paxtine,
which is cheaper and better. At drug
gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co, Boston, Mass
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

In the name of humanity, ! pro-
test" declares the South American
patriot.
upon him
No" he thunders. I'VE will never
consent TO having baseball league
in our country. We have war enough
as II Is"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
The Same rroupre.

First Farmer-What's your greatest
trouble. neighbor? | s'pose it's the
same as mine-lack o. farm hands.
Second Farmer-Yep. The coun-
try's gettin' too blamed full o. politi-,
cians.-Judge.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
OF Some Benefit.

Are you pleased with your Eng
lish governessf Do the children get
on with herr"
They haven't learned word OF
English SO far. but she is beginning
TO understand a little French now
Pele Mele.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
The Likeness.

This free pulling of teeth has some
features in common with big social
functions"
What are they?"
Charity bawls."
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Electric Fans In India.

Although it costs but cents day
in India for men to wave fans to keep
the air circulating in houses, they are
gradually being replaced by electric
fans as cheaper and more reliable.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
Flatterer.

He-Dearest, during the first dance
l have with you be sure to say some
thing to me.
She-Why?
He-Because you are SO light, II
you don't speak / will not know l
have you in my arms.-Princeton
Tiger.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
The Realistic Editor.

What objection did that editor
make to your verse on the beautiful
snow?" asked the poets wife.
He only said that he couldn't catch
the drift OF it," answered the poet.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
A Good Excuse.

1t was on the sleeping car.
Say, mister said the man in the
upper berth to the occupant in the
lower, quit that music, will you?
What do you think this is, concert
hall? The rest of us want to Sleep"
Why, the car is SO stuffy,s said the
warbler Il was only humming little
air"
It was then that he was hit with a
Pullman pillow. remaining unconscious
for seven hours.-Harper's Weekly.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

did you see where an escaping ma
MAC somewhere struck down his pur-
suer with cake of soap?N
"Then ! suppose he made a clean
getaway"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

But really clever woman is too
clever to show 1t.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

yes. indeed" we say, speaking of
the celebrity, Ibis career has been
most dramatic"
Dear mel" hutters the lady. Moth
ing SO scandalous as thati"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
CHARGED s1.25 for Haircut; Sues.

PhilAdelphia.-F. b. Forrest Of Lans-
down has gone to law because he was
charged S1.25 In a barber shop for q
haircut and shave without trim
mingsn
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27
crouch's Vacation

'Is your husband enjoying his vaca
tion?"
mot so much as ! am"
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

Mrs winsiow's Soothing syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

Cuba Market for Canada Stone.
Cuba imports most OF its stone from
CaasAda.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

The faster chap is. the quicker he
oyertakes trouble.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

Some people boast in order to keep
others from doing So
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

Keep on trying; its often the last
key of the bunch that opens the door.
Montpelier examiner., 1912-09-27

IHLe&-1IeSGI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-11

Tne nsNe when Il Is nawz fl
NEWg. s