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Pert Personals.

A poet has called Wilbur and OFVtns
WRIGHT sons Of an eagle bird ThAts
soaring some.-Dayton News.
Perhaps Commander Scott IL hnger-
ing long enough at the south pole to
sgtablish a summer resort there.-Den-
VeF Republican
The name Of the leader Of the Chi
ness sunragettes II Yik Tug Ylng. It
sounds a. II one Of her cylinders were
missing 6rA-St Paul Dispatch
IIbSrisn Affairs satisfaetsry.
ms exceIlency Daniel Howard. Il
bsria's new president. IL getting arm
Rrfp on the Affairs Of the governments
and has thus far demonstrated his
ability n q thoughtful leader. Presi-
dent Howard attributes much Of the
present satisfactory condition OF tns
republic to the Interest which the Unit
ed States has taken In Hbarta's Wei-
fars.
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Automobile Runs.

Clearly something should be done
to lessen the number OF accidents and
fatalities due TO the operation Of auto
mobiles Worcester Gazette
OF course people who drive auto
mobiles faster than they ought to do
not want to kill anybody. But they
expect pedestrians to do too much Of
the watching and all the getting out
Of the way Baltimore News.
The driver Of q mOtOrcar seems to
take it for granted that the IOrdly su-
periority given by an automobile en-
dows him with full authority to 60
where he pleases and how he pleases,
whether the pedestrian pleases or not
Philadelphia Times.
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Louis XIV. once said to one OF his
eourders whom be knew to be very
ambitious. do you speak spanishF'
mo, sire"
That Is bad"
The nobleman thought that by quick
y learning that language be might be
sent TO Spain as an ambassador. He
set diligently to work and really &C
quired 1t In a little time. Presenting
himself before the king. he said to him.
Sire, have learned Spanish"
do you know 1t huently enough to
talk 1t with SpaniardsT
YES, sire"
We'll. that is good I congratulate
you upon your success You win now
be able to read Don Quixote' In the
original. Life.
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FINANCIAL BOARD MEETS.
-, by ors. Beckett and Hurst
show Prosperous Year.

-, Lv Ora. Beckett and Hurst
Show Prosperous Year.
1,rsss City, Mo.-Reports submitted
che annual meeting Of the financial
- Of the African Methodist Epis-
~ church on Friday. May 8. show
tbst s2O7 .224.9S was raised during
-. sscal year ended April /, which ID
increase of 5000 in the dollar
-" collections reported last year.
=. Iohn Hurst. who has just COM
.,.tad his fourth year as financial sec
..t,rv Of the denomination, explained
= dstsiI the workings Of the financial
department.
The dollar money" collections for
a.. nreyious three years are as fol-
LIS. 1869. SIS, S97.11; 19O9-10, $751;
EooS. 1901. 500. 66S-17. a total Of
S-oO SELL for the quadrennium.
Tho amounts raised in each EpiscO-
al district during the past year is as
soIloUs. First. S14,339.14; second, $751;
a74eO. third. S6.7O5.46: fourth, S15.-
200 q. sixth. S3O,5SS.45; seventh, $20,-
GT45O: eighth. $16.22s7O: ninth, $751;
OK 4. tenth. $11, 41O.35; eleventh, $l6.-
IoSg5. twelfth. So, S6T.3O: thirteenth
GTest AfricaD. 1854; fourteenth South
Africa. S4.GJ0.
OF the total amount raised during
tho ouadrennium SO per cent, $2S4,-
fo71S was retained by the various
annual conferences for the support Of
sunerannuated ministers, widows and
nrnbans; s per cent. S6S. 266O4. used in
sliding the educational work Of the de-
nomination and the remainder retained
IN the general treasury Of the denom-
nation for the purpose Of paying the
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The Writers.

As a young man Frederick Taber
Cooper. the author. taught Latin and
Sanskrit at Columbia college.
A movement is under way in Spain
to secure the next Nobel literary prize
for Perez Galdos. novelist and drama
fist. who IL best known for bis series
OF romances dealing with Spanish his
tory from Trafalgar to the Carlist
wars.
The Oldest author now living Is prob
ably w. A. Gordon Hnke. a cousin Of
General Gordon. He Is also the oldest
English barrister at law. Mr.. Hake.
who has just celebrated his one hun
dred and first birthday. published his
first book In 1910. This was entitled
Society Organized-An Allegory."
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A Case For Vaccination.

They were having tableaux across
the road at Willie Browns, and Will
lies mamma came over to ask Jack
Snow II he would not like to come also.
Jacks mamma was not at home, and
Jack with a very sober face declined
the invitation.
why. Jack" said the lady. why
don't you want to come OverY
II expect mamma wouldn't let me-"
answered the little fellow politely,
cause Is never had tableaux. and
l might catch 'emP'-Woman's Home
Companion.
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SIRES AND SONS.

Emile olivier. the famous mIniSteF
Of Napoleon Ill. Is still alive.
Determination to succeed Il what
makes success. according to John J.
Debolt, associate justice Of the su-
preme court Of hawaii. As q young
man be worked In q sawmin In the
south.
Professor Arminlus Vambery. pro
fessor Of languages at Pesth univer-
sity, at Budapest, has Just entered his
elghtieth year. with no diminutiop Of
the vIgor which has characterized bis
long life.
Blacksmlths. schoolteachers and
farmers are common enough In con-
gress. but Daniel A. DriscoIl Of Buffa-
10 Is the only undertaken serving his
country In the classic balls. He Is a
native OF Buffalo. having been born 10
1875.
Or. Lewis Hart Marks Of New York.
who has Just established an institute
for scientific research at Frankfort.
Germany. has been congratulated by
the kaiser on this latest development
In the "German-American intellectual
alliance"
1t Is the proud boast OF Senator Mar
tine OF New Jersey that In all the
years he has been farming he has new
er sold a horse. When a horse gets
too old to work be retires II on full
rafiona and lafs II inst loaf anound the
pasture until IL dies.
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salaries Of the bishops, general Ofhcers
and for other general UNCONVENTIONAL
needs.
The great work that the church is
doing for home and foreign. missions
was emphasized by the Rev. DR.. W.
". Beckett. secretary of missions, who
reported that the denomination had
raised S131 .ST41O for missions during
the past four years through the parent
missionary society, the WOman's Home
and Foreign Missionary society. the
Woman's Mite Missionary society, and
5000 was also raised by Bishop w.
q. Heard. Besides looking after minis
tiers with poor charges in this country.
the work Of the denomination in West
and South Africa. the West Indies and
Central and South America is also
aided
Dr.. Beckett is regarded as one Of
those most likely to be elected to the
bishOpric. His splendid record as mis-
Sionary secretary and his previous rec
ord as minister and presiding elder in
South Carolina have made many OF
the most influential members Of the
examination declare that they favor
MS election to the episcopacy. He is a
graduate Of Clark university. Atlanta.
ana is generally regarded as possess
ing every qualification for the bish-
Opric.
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The Secret.

II don't see how 1t is" jenkins be-
gan. eying the tramp and his perform
ing dog with frank envy. Here is this
mongrel OF yours doing all these tricks.
and there is my dog. with a pedigree
a yard long. that can't be taught a sim
gle thing! I've hammered at It till I'm
tired. and be can't even been trusted
to roll over when he's told to-
"WeIl. sir. faint so much the dog.
the tramp replied confidenrially. You
have to know more'n be does or you
can't learn him anything."-Youth's
Companion.
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Hands Up!

you say you were held up this
morning by a footpad with a revolver.
At what time?"
"Five minutes to
"How can you Ok the time 30 pre-
cisely?'
Because couId zee the church
clock. and noticed that its hands
were exactly in the same position as
nv own-"-BostOn Transcript
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Strap Hangers.

Pity the new stepiess car cannot
be also strapIeSs.-New York Amen-
can.
The stepless street car has arrived
but the strapIess car is still deep IN
the bosom Of the future.-NeW YORK
World.
A Chicago physician says street car
straps are covered with every germ
known to science. Boil your HANDS
after strap hanging.-Balimore Star.
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Pert Personals.

Good for King George! he says,
'SThe queen and I."-BOston Globe.
General Leonidas Plaza has been
elected president OF Ecuador. Ger
tainly Plaza will be on the square,
Galveston News.
]. .Pierpont Morgan celebrated his
seventy-ffth birthday recently, and
yet be shows no signs Of drifting back
to the minor leagues--Milwaukee Sen
tinel.
DR.. WI Ting Fang has just thought
Of a few more questions he would like
to ask and is coming back to the Unit
ed States foE his answers--St Louis
Globe Democrat
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So IanorantI

The very dullest children In Japan speak
japanese.
In Spain they chatter Spanish as they
play.
In Holland II is much
The custom to speak Dutch,
While German youngsters. talk the Ger
man way.
In Paris little children do their lessons all
In French:
In Athens even baby talk IL Greek.
II makes me feel quite blue
And rather stupid too
For English is the only tongue I speak
-Woman's Home Companion.
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FIippant filings.

It has been said sarcastically that
Everglades building lots are selling at
81 a gallon. but isn't that pretty rea-
sonable for Florida waterf-Washing-
ton Post
Circus girls in New York have join
ed the woman's suffrage movement
So far as the bearded lady is concern
ed. we are in favor Of giving her q
vote anyway.-Springheld Union
Congress has passed law prohibit
ing the making Of certain kinds Of
matches to prevent ''phossy jaw" II
there is one thing congress is deter
mined to protect It is jaw.-Washing-
ton Post.
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The Royal Box.

The kaiser has a passion for old uni
forms and boots and shoes Of antiq-
uty.
The czarina Is said to be OF a frugal
mind and even to be guilty Of having
costly hats sent home on approval.
copying them and then sending them
back as unsuitable.
Queen Mary, II she had not been born
In the purple. would have been an able
typist. She can tap the keys Of her
typewriter as quickly as any profes-
sional. King George is also able to
manipulate a typewriter. though he
doesn't use II to any great extent now
adays.
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Woman's Ways.

Most women are economical as long
a. you can keep them out Of dry goods
storeS-Chicago News.
A woman will tote around two street
car tickets and a powder rag in hand
bag that cost $37.49.-Ohio State Jour
nal
New York woman says that mothers
should teach their daughters to hirt
Give them a MA degree. as it we're
Columbia State.
New York burglars robbed a safe
with q can opener. but well bet that q
sufragette could have done it with
MISUNDERSTANDING Post.
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AGENTS WANTED.

Agents 10 sell lots in beautiful
Mount Gienwood Cemetery, men and
women employed who want to make
good extra money by selling lots
evenings and on our Sunday excur-
SONS. Big commissions paid. Ask
,Ur l. N. George, General Manager.
mount Gienwood Cemetery Associa-
3l25 s. State St.
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An Original Essay.

Not often are schoOlrOom compost
lions as startlingly original as the boys
essay on Sir Walter Raleigh Sir
Walter Raleigh" wrote the boy. was
a great man. he discovered America.
then he discovered Virginia. then be
discovered potatoes and then he discov-
cred tobacco. So be went back TO Eng
land and showed them how TO smoke.
exclaiming. My friends. be Of good
cheer. for we have this day in England
lit such a fame as I trust by Gods
grace shall never be extiuguished' -
Argonaut-
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English Etchings.

Five thousand pounds a year II the
salary Of the speaker OF the house Of
commons.
According to the latest census returns.
there are In England 506.563 men Of
ease and leisure who live upon their
means.
The number Of British subjects In
an parts OF the empire rose from 3o3.-
$4,000 In 1881 to 4i6.3lso0o in 1e1L
The volume Of trade. foreign and In
terinperiaL expanded from e0S6.076O 900
IN 1905 10 fI.77GSsSO0c N $40.
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Foreign Affairs.

Whether Japan wants to buy real es-
tate on Magdalena bay or not, It's just
as we'll for her to know that she can't
have it-Albany Knickerbocker Press
The Chinese populace is awaking to
the solemn fact that It takes more
than a unanimous hair cut to estab-
lish a republic on a practical basis
Washington Star.
Judging by the current exchange Of
amenities between Great Britain and
Germany, they'll be lighting directly
over which one loves the other more
Washington Post
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

10 the readers of The Broad Ak
H1e Is your chance to get some
sneap property, all in best of loca-
s sUns, Cheap lots for cottages from
r'UO up and other houses and lots
W MONIES or for business places. For
PH'uculars, address with stamp.
GRANT GARDNER,
l440 Franklin Ave.
Grand Haven, Mich.
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Political Quips.

By the way, who is running for vice
Observation-Disclosures News
We presume the national conventions
win select q vice presidential candi-
date. though no one would suspect IL
from the present development Of the
campaign--Boston Traveller.
Again the enemies Of the gayety Of
nations are proposing to make the term
Of the president six years and limit
each Incumbent Of the once to q sin-
gle term.-Boston Transcript.
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Telephone Calls.

The New York telephone can aver
ages a minute and half In length
The worlds telephone service com
prises about 100000 telephones
London has 100000 telephones, and
the calls average 1.125!O0o per day.
Nearly every English town now has
telephone service with France through
the new British channel cable
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a.d Ear Chickens.

ct think. dear. we may as well give
up the idea OF raising chickens this
year.
why? Don't you think It win be a
good year for chIckens?"
mo. II will cost too much to feed
them The man next door tells me
that be has Joined q golf club. 90 be
isn't likely to have q garden "-Chiea-
10 Record Herald.
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scared Him out.

81 thought be was a supporter Of
Roosevelt
He was. but some one pointed out
to him that the coIoners success might
Ieac to revival OF the popularity Of
the Teddy bear. Bn6alO Express
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Oiscurridasd.

A man may try to sit and reed
The dictionaries throo,
And think that that Is all he'll need
To cultures paths persoo-
But there IL this crate trooth to tell:
That as he chimes the bite.
The moar he lerns OF how to spell
The less he spells things rite
-ChIcaRo Tribune.
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Tts almost time to meet once more
That gpoiler OF delight.
That KIN Soy. aEgravating bore
VINO thinks the umpire right
Detroit Free Pre1A
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Mater Versus Patsr.

When Willie broke mothers azalia
Ma said. why. whatever can aleAr
But pa said: My lad.
That was all to the bad!
Come out to the shed and I'll whalear
-JudRa.
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Natural History.

This simple fact { often long to see
Explained in brief. unscientific terms
That billiards.. which are bad for you
and me.
Are always 30 extremely good for germs.
-Washington Star.
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II he but choose. a man can Be-
From every normal aiiment frea.
A healthy stomach. mighty theTs
Ike FIetcher has-f he but chewA
Kansas City star.
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crual and ununuaI.

OF course the icemen are all churlA
No wonder they look wan
For every morn they see the girls
without their makeups on.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-16

Atlanta. Ga, July 13.-Miss Irene
Meredieth. of this town, has taken up
sign painting as q profession, and has
raised hat prosaic business into the
realm of art. She is a master in her
field.
In their latter day boldness mem
bers Of the weaker sex have entered
have taken their seats in offices com
mercial and professional; their
skirts have swept down Legislative
halls, and they have argued learned
ly before Judges and juries. Never
before, however, so authority says,
has a woman taken to the step ladder
to ply her trade.
Although she has taken up what
was formerly regarded as a mans
trade exclusively, Miss Meredith
hasn't a trace of m~asculinity in her
makeup. One would hardly imagine
a more winsome appearance than
hers. Attired in a stunning red tai
lored gown, with golden hair rip
ping in tiny curls over her head, and
great violet eyes such as are sup
posed to exist only in song and story
she is all hat is delicate and wOm-
anly.
The rounded limb and rosy cheek
which the girl Of leisure attains by
tennis and golf, Miss Meredieth has
developed by climbing up step lad
ders and reaching across ~illboaCd
She will paint a sign anywhere de-
sired-whether it be in italics on the
corner of a ribbon or in box a let
ters across the side Of a skyscraper.
She never makes less thai seventy
five dollars a week. and sometimes
her receipts run as high as one hun
dred and fifty for the same period.
She has an artistic sense and a per
| sOnality. The combination has been
| sufficient for her to win.
Miss Meredieth is a native Of Mem
phis. Tenn. She came to Atlanta SIX
or eight years ago. at the age OF six
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1t has only three ,eavas
leaves. nave HVe
oOIION MARKET REVIEW

New York, July 12-Cotton has =
eanceu sharply and the reasons stano
Out with striking clearness Rains and
90 Weather IN the Atlantic, Eastern.
~ ana Central sections have had
n1uch to do with II. ReDortS nf 49,
not weather in Texas haIa hid
1,Iecl. Inc general b~ackwardnass IF
lne crop and a growing belief N
many quarters hat the acreage VS.
leuuceu or . per cent also contrib
uIeU TO the rise. Then trara prara
large spot sales in Liverpool
lnS 10 10000 to 1900 bales ,iav
mere was the activity and strength
~ dH'neS' as regards both yarns
ana cloths. Not less powerful has
peen the big buying for 4 rise partly
py the outside public which after q
recent advance Of nearly IS ! bale
mas apparently become convinced that
the buiis IN cotton have been in earn
est. Liverpool and spot interests have
nou2ht freely. Wall Street houses
nave IN many cases bought. Il nov
al eyes are beginning to be fx,d on
ieA2s. East of the Mississippi ahere
nave been complaints Of excessive
rams n Of damase in parts Of the
Eastern Gulf section bv cut worms
DOL WeeVil and caterpiIlars. But
< now needs rain according to
many dispatches and also accol ding
70 the latest weekly government
weather report.
The crop ~throughout the belt is
saId to average orG two II four
weeks late and bulls predict that it
Will be 1000, 900 TO ~2,5O0,O0e Lales
mailer than hat # last wear with
spInners takings approaching 5000
600 bales. on the other hand the re
cent advance in prices has been so
marked that many are predicting a
sudden and sharp setback sooner or
later. They point out ti,at What is
termed the. technical position has
changed tor the worse, that whereas
recently the market was oversold, il
now shows a tendency to become
o~verbought, if indeed, it IS not al
ready O~verbought. on the rise, biz
Wall Street bull interests have sold
on an enormous scale. Also certain
spot interests ave sold heavily. The
long holdings sold out by big people
have. it is cOntended gone into weak
er hands. 1t is alSo argued that there
is still time to raise a big crop anC
that in any case the price of cot
ton. especially in these times of tn
high cost Of living. is already higf
enough if not indeed altogether to-
high.
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teen. and took employment a5 an APP
prentice to a sign painter. Bright.
intelligent, Industrious, it didn't take
her long to master the art. and today
she conducts a business Of her own
and commands an Independent IN
come. In her workshop. where she IL
TO be found surrounded By paints. oils
and signs of all descriptions, Sh" might
be a Gibson model. for. As was said
before. she possesses youth. beauty
and vivacity. and altogether IS an
ideal American girl.
Miss Meredith says that her earl
lest recoIlections are associated with
a pencil. While other children en-
joyed dolls and toys she preferred
picture drawing and the forming of
fancy letters. With her tiny fingers
she drew her first signs in the dusty
street. When a barefoot school girl
she would hold a bit Of chalk be-
tween her toes and make letters on
the school room floor while a lynx
eyed teacher kept guard over the lit
tie fingers with their proneness TO
indulge in the forbidden pleasures
Of drawing on text book or desk.
Such perseverance was certain OF its
reward. and Miss Meredieth Is to-
day regarded as one OF the most orlsi-
nal women in the south
Il get all the work | can do Miss
Meredith declared recently. MY
work IAN be found in all the sky
crapers here in Atianta, and in
some of the buildings my signs are
used exclusively. A crowd always
gathers whe | am at work on a
window-sometimes so thick that the
police have to stir them On. But
their presence never embarrasses mo
in the least
4 have never experienced the in
dignities and humiliationS hat SO
| many Tain are the price Of public
life for A woman. The men nave
universally shown. me blindness and
consideration"
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CLEARING HOUSE BANKS.

tl!y the Associated PreSS.)
New York. July lathe statement
Of the actual condition Of clearing
house banks for the week shows that
the banks hold $~10,706,550 reserve in
excess Of legal requirements. This is
an increase Of $16.119,750 in the pro-
portI0nate cash reserve as compared
with last week. The statement fol-
lows:
Loans. s2.O51.082,OO decrease.
$37.27G.O 900.
Specie, s349.1Os.O00; increase. S.
02J, 900.
Legal tenders. s89.O55.ooO; in
crease. $3.50, 900.
Net deposits, $1,907,993,00O; de-
crease. S26. SIT 900.
Circulation, $46,126.0O0; decrease.
10000.
Banks, cash reserve in vault, $751;
$4,000.
Trust companies, cash reserve in
vault, SIS, 1856, 900.
Aggregate cash reserve, $438,164,-
900.
Excess awful reserve. $1O,7O6, $50;
Increase, $l6,119,750.
Trust companies reserve with clear
ing house members carrying rs per
cent cash reserve. s65,629.OO0.
Summary Of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York not
reporting to the New York clearing
house:
Loans. sG23,982.4OO; increase. s12,-
Specie. $67.4O9.5oo; increase, 49,
Legal tenders. s8,527,10O: decrease
S379,900
Total deposits. $7~05.71o.2O in.
crease, $2.680,5OO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-16
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATE
MFNT

New York. July 12.-For the week
ending Friday. July -:
Net receipts at all e. s.
ports during week 1891
Net receipts at all T.. S
vear $500
Total receipts since Septem-
Der list ...11.51s.557
Total receipts to same date
last wear :. 8.463,253
Exports for the week oo,ioo
Exports for same week last
year 1925
Total exports since Septem-
Der 1st -. ..1O.211.837
YEAR :. 7.325.18s
Stock at all United States
norts !. 292,521
Stock at all United States
ports same time last
YEAR 18O.e28
Stock at all interior owns. 1Z1,oe3
Stock at all interior towns
same time last year. :. 1Ol,493
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-16
POISON IVY.

Beware Of ivy poisoning when you
lice to the woods these days. Fol-
many people there is little else so dis
comforting as a bad case of Ivy
poisoning. The poison Is caused by
coming into contact with a peculiar
KIND Of gum or oil secreted by the
poison ivy plant. To avoid ivy poison
ing. never touch the ivy plant, leaves.
stem or root, or anything hat may
nave been in contact with such a
plant. If one has come into contact
with poison ivy. the best thing to do
Is to thoroughly wash the place
'ouched by the ivy. Cool water alone
WIN not always remove the poisonous
.AI or gum. Use soap and warm wa
Ger whenever possible. When out in
eae woods, hasten to the nearest
stream of water and wash. using fine
sdhd and mud for soap. A vigorous
"aHhihg OF h bare skin with fine
ai.'rp sand. mud and water may be a
nit strenuous, but it usually accom-
DISHES the results.
rolson ivy may be easily recognized