G. W.-STEVENS G,
Wholesale Dealers in
HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES
Of All Kind
Provisions a Specialty.
C. W.-STEVENS GO.,
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
FARM
NOTES
OF
WHAT EVERY BABY KNOWS.
That he jsn't responsible for being
here
That lie hates company
. 4
That bis mother Is aweak-minded
individual who gives in on every oc
casion and the slightest provocation.
That his father is a strange being
vbo has no other place in the scheme
of things than to be rough and awkward.
That colic apparently is no re
specter of persons.
That germless milk
trial.
is a great
That waking up in the dead of
night, and again i at an unearthly
hour of the morning gives that var
iety, of life which is said to constitute
its chief charm.
That the process called snuggling
is no joke.
That all doctors are fakirs.
That the average .park consists of
one policeman, almost entirely sur
rounded by trees.
That to eat, drink and be noisy is
the chief end of all mankind. Farm
Life.
COMMON DISEASES OF CHICK-
ENS, WITH SIMPLE REMEDIES
ROUP.
The roup, as it is generally desig
nated, is probably the most widely
prevalent disease common to our
chickens; certainly the most fatal;
both to the life of tbe fowls and to
the profits of the flock. "While it is
not deemed necessary to give any
thing resembling a scientific analysis
oi the disease or to attempt a differ
entiation of the forms in which it
its breath during the progress of the
disease is thoroughly impregnated
with the germs, hence the necessity
from another point of view of isola
tion. w
Remedy. Too frequently is it the
habit of owners of chickens to kill
at once all birds deemed suffering
from roup, as the disease is by
many regarded as incurable. The
truth of the matter' is that it is a
disease, yielding in any but the most
advanced stages, jextremely rapidly
to a simple treatment. If one visits
the house twice a week after the
uiras inave roosted, removes any 1
found with the impeded breath, or
other symptoms of the disease, pens
them to themselves, and twice a day
administers a teaspoon of the follow
ing mixture, roup will never develop
in a flock.
Take two tablespoons of lard and
melt it;, add one tablespoon of ordi
nary coal-oil. Give the fowl one tea
spoonful twice a day. Grease head
with the mixture, if swelling has
commenced. Keep the fowl isolated,
and by watching the flock carefully,
removing those attacked, the disease
will be eradicated. At the same time
give the flock perfreably in their
water the powder known as Vene
tian Red. I place a teaspoonful in
each bucket of water. It serves as
an admirable tonic, and apparently
aids in preventing contagion through
the water supply. I have had chick
ens recover even in the most advano
ed stages of the disease ' when treat
ed as above, one case, when the bird
could not stand. As a rule, if swell
ing has not appeared one dose will
suffice; if tbe head is swollen keep
the bird confined) .until the swell-1
ing disappears. HORACE CAM
PBELL. In Southern Planter.
secure all the benefits
through this means.
possible
THE INSECT CROP COSTLY
The Bereau of Entomology esti
mates that the United States suffers
an annual edpnomic loss from in
jurious insects of about $700,000,000.
This estimate includes the damage
done to agricultural crops, to orchard
and horicultural crops, to orchard
stock, to stored productions, to for
ests and forest productions and to
other property, but it does not in
clude the economic loss to communi
ties and to the nation through the
lessening of productive capacity, of
the population through the preval
ence of disease that are carried by
insects. Such diseases may be listed
as malaria, jtyphoid; yellow fever,
etc
TUBERCULOSIS NOTES
morality of the Indians from tuber
culosis is undoubtedly far higher
than that of either the whites or the
negroes, although it is believed by
careful investigators that the disease
was entirely absene before the advent
of the whites in America.
The tuberculosis is no respecter of
persons is evidenced by the recent
death of the two boy princes of Mon
tenegro from that disease, which
they contracted from a maid in their
nursery.
The number of deaths during the
four years of the Civil War was 205,
070. During the past four years
800,000 death have resulted from
tuberculosis alone in the United
States.
rREFLECTION OF A BACHELOR
MECHANICAL FARMING.
The mechanical end of farming is
attracting more attention every year,
so that courses of mechanical engi
neering are being taught by a great
idany correspondence schools through
out the country. Some of our best
shows itself, as the majority of the j agricultural colleges also are develop
ing a department along engineering
lines.
Complicated farm machinery re
quires skilled labor to keep it in or
der and get the best results. Time
was when farming knowledge con-
aecurate treatment and to give a sisted of how to use a plow, harrow
simple, efficacious remedy. and an axe. It was necessary to
Symptoms The disease commences I know how to grind the axe to keep
cases classified as roup are not roup
proper any more than a cold in a
person is pneumonia or bronchitis,
it is yet a sufficiently term to meet
the requirements which are so to de
scribe the trouble as to permit of
Consumption among Japanese labors
is increasing to such a degree that
the figures are becoming a source- of
anxiety to Japanese merchants and
officials. A large percentag3 of lab
orers who are sent back- to Japan by
the JftTanese charity association are
ccnsumieive. It is cla;mc-l by the
Japanese newspapers commenting on
this n-ftler, that through the lack of
hospital accommodations in thy Jap
aDeso 'labor camps tubereu'-osis in
creases at an alarming n'e. They
Mgest that a, new syst in be em
ployed in dealing with che sick in
these c-mps, as the Japnaeso we
quite ignorant of even tha most sim
ple lckUh safeguards.
A woman's idea of a good figure is
the way, her clothes fit her.
Semitery
I VvTT ' Tl D t
FMnrarani
5)
You may respect a man for the
enemies he makes but you never envy
him.
A man gets so excited hunting for
a political job that he forgets it is
not patriotism.
Remember! am I prepared tt dfe
all kinds of plumbing, steam and gas
fitting also special attention toisewer
connections.
Thoroughly equipped shop. (
Only skillful workmen employed.
Prices reasonable. Personal at
tention to all orders.
Next to saying you are jealous, a
girl would rather have you tell her she
inspires you to noble things.
'here are in the United States
222 Sanatoria, 222 Dispensaries and
290 Associations for the treatment or
prevention of tuberculosis, while
there are 600,000 cases of this disease
in the country. It is estimated by
the United States Conservation Com
mission that this country loses an
nually $1000,000,000 from preventable
tuberculosis .
as a cold in the head, best detected
by visiting the house after the chick
ens have rooted then the labored,
wheezy breathing of the fowl will
it sharp. At harvest time some self
made mechanic in the neighborhood
usually was called upon to set a new
finger into a cradle or hang a scythe
For the past three years a persis
tent crusade has been waged against
consumption amongst post office em
ployees in France. Under these ef
forts ' the number of cases has dim
inished 50 per cent, having been in
19D6 1,048 cases; in 1907 808 cases,
and last year the number fell to 505.
The particular fun a woman gets
out of writing a letter is forgetting
to put in the thing she wrote for,
so she can write canother.
From New York Press.
W. P
Knowles
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From Chicago News. ....
A man is not necessarily hot head
ed because he wears a stovepipe
hat.
If we all had our own way otherj
people would quickly get out of it
Mirror backs in show windows are
one kind of advertisements to at
tract women .
locate it. This impeded breathing! so it would pull from point to heel,
will continue, without affecting the 'but beyond this mechanical ability
habits of the bird for some days.
was not considered seriousfy in the
Rut the profession of farming Is a
different proposition now. Gasoline
engines, harvesters, gang plows,
twelve foot seeders and scores of dif
ferent kinds of farm implements
have brought the principle of mech
anics in farming up to scientific re
quirements. "With improved ma
chinery it is possible for one to do
the work of half a dozen, but he
must have a cultivated set of brains
in order to make things run smoothly
There are fortunes to be made in
farming by employing up-to-date meth
ods in the right way. Brains were
never so necessary on the farm as
now. Farm Press .
when the head commences to swell! making of a farmer
and the throat to become clogged
with mucous. At that stage the di
sease is characteristic the swollen
eyes, covered with the yellow patch
es, the fevered condition of the bird,
its drooping appearance caused by
the blindness, are symptoms impos
sible to overlook. "Without treatment
death ensues in at lest ninety per
cent, of the cases in those recover
ing sequelae result that render the
cird unprofitable. In the case of tur
keys it has been my experience that
it is almost impossible to raise poults
matched from eggs of hen which
had the roup, while I have never had
a chicken in which the disease has
been allowed to run its course re
sume laying. Any cold attacking a
chicken is most apt to develop nto
the roup with characteristics similar
to those noted, and no case should
he allowed to linger unattended to,
Sources and Causes The primary
case is identical with that giving rise
to colds in people drafts damp
leather, crowded quarters, and as
a cold in a chicken is so apt to de-
veiop mto the roup or distemper, we
SJlould watch for the initial patient
lne disease is both contagious and
lnqectious., Dne jdiseased! bird will
Pidly impregnate the entire flock.
Ttls is done chiefly through the
drinking water. The bird is fevered
and until blindness ensues, consumes
abnormal quantities of water. At
Qh Tisit to the water it scatters
e germs both in the water and
around the vessel.
uue& nut perspire, uut
.The municipal authorities of Ber
lin have decided to introduce another
feature in the municipal administra
tion of tuberculosis. Heretofore mun
icipal efforts has been confined to the
maintenance of one or two homes for
curable consumptives, but it is rec
ognized that, as useful ,as this is.
it alone cannot cope with this dis
ease. They have resolved, therefore,
to devote more attention to preven
tive measures.
Even a man of sand should have
enough. sense to build his house up
on a rock.
Everybody wants something for
fied with what they get that way.
Geo. M. Scott, Prest. Jno. Q. A. Wood, vice- Prest. R. S. Fearing, Cashier
MERCANTILE BANK
Elizabeth City N. C.
Capital 30,000
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DIRECTORS W. J. Woodley, J. A Rucker, A. L. Aydlett, Dr J. H.
White, C. W. Stevens, T. W. Willlame, H. H. Lavvensptein, Jno. Q. A. Wood,
Geo. M. Scott.
And it sometimes happens that af
ter a man has made his mask he re
quires a wife who makes him toe it.
Read The Tar S He el
Many a man's boasted bravery has
gone lame when his wife suggested
that he visit the kitchen and fire the
cook.
In England, in addition to pther
efforts to combat tuberculosis, a uni
que project is being placed on foot,
to put into commission a sailing ship
sanatorium for persons suffering with
tuberculosis .
Many a woman says her prayers
because the minister says she should
and does- other .things because he
says she hould not.
WOMEN WHO ARE ENVIED.
THE FARM PHILOSOPHER.
4
If we are honest we do not preach
what we practice; we are too con
scientious .
That consumption can be per
manently cured is demonstrated by
some figures published by Dr. A. Van
Bneden of Belgium, who says that
75.8 per cent of the patients treated
in the Bourgoumont Sanatorium in
1903 4 have continued, four years
after treatment, to improve and are in
a condition to return to their regu
lar occupations.
Let the merchants advertise
The farmer fertilize,
The preacher spiritualize
.And the lawyer talk o'lies.1
Dr. Shannon of Edinburg recently
stated that out of the 1009 city child
ren under three years of age examin
ed by him, 647 had tuberculosis in
some form. ,
Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of many, who might be like
hem. A weak, sicky woman will be
nervous and irritable. Constipation or"?
Kidney poisons show in pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. For all such,
Electric Bitters work wonders. They
regulate Stomache, Liver and Kid
neys, purify the blosji; give strong
nerves, bright eyes. pure breath,
smooth, velvety skin. lovely com
plexion. Many charming women owe
their health and beauty to them. 50c
at Standard Pharmacy,
Mark Twain says, "If you don't
butt in you don't get in.
tftrov
vs off the major portion of its
excerta in the form of vapor,
' Neow is a good time tew set daown
an rite out a set uv good resolu
tions an reeforms fer each one uv
yeour nabors.
Sign the following; then live up
to it: I believe in the gospel of
work; I believe that the only hap
piness comes from genuine hard
work; honestly directed for the pur-
twisp of hMiefitiner someone other
X" o
other 'than myself; I shall henceforth
Dr. Wllford T. Grenfel, the famous
Labrador explorer and social worker
says that in the interest of the cam
paign agains tuberculosis, he has in
duced most of the natives to weave
the motto, "Don't Spit" in their
rugs, instead of other homely sayings
which were formerly used.
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Owing to their studious habits and
their lack of proper physical exer
cise Chinese students bote in this
country and in their native lanoH are
especially liable to tuberculosis.
According to a report of the United
States census, it is stated thai the
M a lull Mind ibo Bars
We call especial attention to the bie ioint at each intersection
of stay with main bars.
,1111s ta ujc cHiuvt tfti jr iaaa nuc icimjc. unless me Stay
has a hinee feint the femce cannot receive oressure from cnntrt
nd right itself.
Is made with a hinge joint, by which the maximum of elasticity is
secured and the fence if properly stretched, remains in place indefi
nitely. With the hinge joint, no amount of strain on the bars can
encci ue connection ox nay ana ear -
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