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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

Thos. W. Mason, of Kenova, w
Va, spent a few days in the Gap last
week.
Judge Fulton and II. G. Mcdowell
d. went to Abingdon last Saturday
10 attend |. S. Court.
D. c. Johnson, of Messy Creek,
ienn' was in the Gap last Thurs
day.
Holland L. Chase and wife, of Clint
WOOL were registered at the Inter-
mont last Thursday.
Gom to Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Hagy
On last Friday, girl.
4 W Il. Polly and Mr.. AlIsover. of
''0nega' spent Sunday in the Gap.
Born unto Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
alnes' on the llth inst, boy.
D. W. flansry, a prominent farmer
''' STOCK raiser Of Lee county, was
ID the Gap Tuesday.
=, Genl \. l.. Pridemore, of Jones
,'De' passed through the Gap Mon.
''' morning, en- route to Gate City.
W. Z. Harris, of Charlottesville.
a r'1' a lew days in the Gap last
D. +. Bullitt attended U. S. Court
I" Abingdon last week.
N' and Mrs. James Gilly,of Haw-
W.. county, Tenn, were in the Gap
'''' week visiting relatives.
u Daniel Trigg, of Abingdon, was
'gLt. ''"' '""u"y
y a number Of our citizens went to
NV. Nv Ol'y Monday to hear Rhea and
walker speak.
M .. y. Moore returned Saturday
lung from Cincinnati, where he
,,n Oeeo to attend the G. A. r. En-
,.l DaOy Rath, the eleven months old
I. suSn!er Of S. r. lessee. has been I
rt Mrs, j. W. Kelly returned last
;. "u''aay night from visit to rela. /
.. Mrs IN. J. NJ. Willis left las, FRIDAY
,on ~'iac'naati. where she will spend /
oct tp ne ,, Of weeks buying the fall r
CO. g. 0' Millinery for j. II. Willis
VI Dr.. James Edmonds, of Gate c;,v. : :
,". last Friday night in the GAP n
inL;ao. 70 HIGHLANDS where he is
mixing .n Of locating.
. a%s ,hpworth League at the Trinity s
ON 1T T'' Church has been changed !,
oS. f''aay nights to Sunday after
/ s~ ~. ., b. Adaws is at Gate City r.
.i,' Wee, G, ~ the interest Of his book a,
ras1 MAJ no'a itouth, of Lebanon. re.
, ,sss nome Tuesday morning. after .,
At this place. o"'''" %
1l ia Games A. Walker. the re- 81
ad. an !. nominee for Congress, spent sc
Gsis c SiSu' 10 the Gap and went W
wv 0i'y Monday morning. H.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-15
Hon. Patrick Haran, Il DUNCAN
non, spent Monday glt in the Gap.

W. ). Mathews /, t flis morning
Tor Giles county, in answer to tel
egram saying his mother was very
I'll and not expected TO live.
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xxyANTED--sEyERALTR PERSONS
w in this State 10 manage business In their own
and nearby counties. II Is mainly Office work con-
adcied At home. Salary straight $500 year and
penses-sefnile, bsnside, no more, no less salary.
Monthly SIS. Reference. Enclose eif-addressed
stsmped envelope, fIfssEr e, Haas, Prest, Dept. N,
Chicsgo. Ssptl5-em
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Judge skeen, d. B. wents. D. @.
AN H.J. Ayers, w. H Horton
anu anu o'ners went to Gate City Mon.
Walker speak. oen
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-15
The Big Stone Gap Post.
THURSDAY, SEPT. Is, 1898.
Clubbing Offer.

Ibe 3D., Stone Gap Post is clubbing
With iDe following qancrs at the following
fiif..
Tie Post and Thcicr-a-wcek New
York World. ..............$ $3.50
Tie Pot aud The Twice-a-week
Louisville Courier-Journal. .25
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THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
10 the care and skill with which IL is
manufactured by scientific processes
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tical as well as scientific lines, il the
narrowing has been 80 frequent that
all or nearly all the weed seeds that
are near enough the surface to germi
nate this year have been sprouted and
killed and cultivation is simply for
conserving moisture, giving the corn
plenty Of water just where it needs it
by producing conditions that enables it
to be pumped up from below by capil
larry action, then shallow cultivation is
the thing. Under these conditions
there only one side to the question. In
short, If you are cultivating to kill
weeds that have had considerable
growth, you must cultivate deep or
fail. If you are cultivating not to kill
weeds but to prevent the formation of
a crust, then shallow cultivation is re-
quired and should be given after every
rainfall as far as possible.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

Eds. Country GeutIemGn:-There
can be no argument on the matter, that
farm buildingg as we'll as city struc-
lures need paint. It not alone makes
place look hundred per cent. better,
but, what is more, is a wonderful pro-
tector and promoter of durability {;
whereas wood or metal unpainted
rapidly weather cracks, decays, or
corrodes by rust, as the case may be.
The same is rendered comparatively
indestructible by being kept continu
ously covered with good coat of
paint.
The brands of paint ct the present
day are legion; but after all there is
just one basis for q tough, elastic, at
tractive paint, and that is the best and
purest lnseed. If q farmer has an old,
rough, weather beaten building that
he desires to preserve little longer or
make it look trlfle better, he can of
course, and doubtless better, use q
cheap lime whitewash for the purpose; {;
but for q new structure or one not too
far gone, by all means employ as a
basis the best inseed oil which can be
procured. Oil for the last year or two
has been much cheaper than it used to
be, as it has been sold for SOC. per gal
lon by the barrel Thus the expense
Of painting is not what it formerly
was.
There are various materials to mix
with the oil to make good paint-white
lead being most commonly used.
Another point to be carefully kept
In mind is this, that once building
or any article for that matter is well
painted, keep it so. It is cheaper to
paint frequently than to wait until the
old coats have been destroyed.
M. SUMMER PERKINS.
Essex Co., Mass.
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FAKIRS.
Essex 90. Mass.

Ed. RaIraI World:-Truly. this is an
age OF humbugs. Never since the sd-
vent Of the New England wooden nut
meg has there been a day when our
people were more susceptible to hum
buggery and fraud. The advanced
civilization, the high learning and the
great progress in the arts and sciences
in these the latter days Of the nine
teenth century have failed to arrest
the wild, inquisitive, credulous spirit
that has crushed so many hopes and
aspirations, and has made it possible
for frauds and fakirs Of every shade
and color to grow and prosper in com
munities where they should not be
tolerated at all.
The spirit that seeks to obtain some
thing for nothing seems to be on the
increase. The sharper or fakir sees the
situation, and jumps at the opportun-
ity to ply his trade for all it is worth.
Consequently, we have advertising
takirs, machine fRkirs, tree fakirs,
seed fakirs-in truth, every trade, pro
fession and calling in the land, de
velops q small army Of fakirs. Itmay
prove profitable to make q short notice
of some of this oily fingered tribe.
Advertising Fakirs.-The home Of
this class is for the most part north of
Mason and Dixon's line, and is confined
chiefly to that territory that is some
what famous for wooden nutmegs.
From day to day they food the coun-
try from one side to the other, with
flowing advertisements, proposing to
award big prizes simply fer nothing.
Their dupes, and they are almost as
numerous as the sands of the sea shore,
bite and continue TO bite; yet we have
the first one to see who has ever earned
a penny by incessant biting.
Their propositions usually consist in
contests or problems, such as supplying
missing words, or the solution of re
bus, and various other tricks and de-
vices. all so simple that any ten-year-
old boy can reach solution. For q
solution Of one of these simple prob
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
RUNNING ROUND COTTON.

1t is common practice 10 run around
young cotton and follow with the hoes,
says DR.. w. L. Jones, i'm Southern Cul.
tivator. II the ploWing is separated
from the hoeing by an interval snff-
ciently long for the grass covered by
the ploW to die, it may be well; other
wise the hoes in good measure undo
the work Of the ploW, both uncovering
grass and removing the mulch Of loose
earth around the young plants. More
over, one cannot we'll hold back the
hoes for any length Of time. It is bet
ter, therefore, to hoe in advance Of the
ploWs, and let the latter cover up any
grass that the hoes may have left and
throw some dirt to the young plants,
which are often left with the dirt 80
drawn from them as to be easily top
pied over, A kind of compromise be-
tween the two methods may be made,
so as not to hold back either pIows or
hoes, by starting hoes and ploWs at
opposite sides Of the crop, so to speak,
and when they meet, start the ploWs
where the hoes began, and set the hoes
to work where the plows began. It is
very desirable to follow the hoes at
once with the ploW, and il the practice
of running round in advance of the
hoes is adopted it is well to detail one
or more ploWs to follow close up be-
hind the hoes, and let the others con-
tinue the work Of running round. The
crop is left in much better shape when
the plow follows close behind the hoes.
Grass ia more apt to be covered up, the
young plants are properly hilled up,
and a mulch Of loose earth covers the
surface which serves the double pur-
pose of retaining moisture and pre-
venting more grass from coming up.
because graes seed will not germinate
in loose, comparatively dry earth.
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Hartford Co., Conn.
A FARMERS FAIR THAT PAYS.

A recent editorial in this paper in
alluding to agricultural fairs, said: I'm
not few instances the crowd on the
farmers day is extremely small" Let
me suggest to such societies that they
take cure from the Amesbury Agri-
cultural Society and make each day q
farmers day. We give three full days,
with continuous exhibition, stock all
housed in comfortable tie ups, and
kept from the first morning till the
last night. The exhibitions in all de-
partments open nights as well as days
There is no trotting or circuses, but it
is an agricultural fair for the agricuI
tural people, and they appreciate it.
We have not struck q Klondike yet,
but our gain is healthy one, and our
financial rating can be learned at the
board of agriculture. We have the
satisfaction of knowing that we give q
farmers fair that is worthy of the
name, and when this cannot be done
it time to cancel it-F. w. Sargent, In
Amesbury, Mass, Billboard.
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'rHE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS.

prize letter in Home and Farn)
II had a dozen boys, and If anyone
Of them showed more intelligence than
the others. should at once turn his
attention to and uss my full power in
trying to make him farmer. It takes
a man Of no ordinary intelligence to
make successful farmer. 1t takes a
man whose head is full of thinking
brain. This is the foundation of sue.
cess at any and all things.
Second-We want the man who is
always ready and willing to execute
and knows nothing push, which is only
business in it's fullest meaning.
Third-There never was but one way
to do any thing, and that is the right
way.
There are too many men who start
in life with the single idea Of making
money-that seems to be the only ap
petite they have. Therefore they over
reach themselves, and nothing but
failure must follow. Go out with the
determination to make a living first
(but let it be an honest one), and the
accumulations and money will follow.
Brother, just stop and think for a mo-
ment. Can you get anything but what
you eat and wear out Of this life 2
No. Now if that is 80, don't be inn
patient because you have poor land,
and your neighbor has a little more
than you have. That is all right; l
hope he got it honestly.
Stock is the topmost round in the
ladder. Without them we cannot
farm. Now let US feed them. What
ever you do, don't fail to let every
morsel of food given to them be cut,
and mixed thoroughly with corn meal,
bran, or shorts, either mixed or sepa
rate. It is better to change it, say,
every other three or four days, and
don't fail to give them all they will eat.
Twice q week the water should be
made q weak brine, as they get tie
salt in a liquid form, which is much
better than going to the box for it. II
you will feed this way, after q few
times feeding you can come within q
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
DEEP AND SHALLOW CULTIVA.
TON OF CORN. ~

It is now within q few day Of the
time of year when the discussion Of
the comparative merits of deep and
shallow cultivation will be in order in
agricultural papers. The question is
q good deal like the old question we
used to discuss in the country schools
house: (Which has suffered the great
est wrong from the white man, the
Indian or the negro9" or, I'm which
is the most happiness, pursuit or pos
sessionQ" Whether cultivation should
be deep or shallow depends althgether
on circumstances, and the most inn
portant circumstance is the cultivation
previous to planting, or, in other words,
the preparation Of the seed bed, says
Wallace's Farmer. II you are culti-
waiting for the purpose of killing weeds
that have been neglected and there
fore have obtained considerable
growth, you must cultivate as deep as
the roots of the weeds. Shallow cult.
walton, under those circumstances, is
simply throwing chaf at the bear.
Unless the ground has had the right
sort of cultivation previously you will
be compelled to do this, and hence
there is but one side to that question.
If, however, as suggested in another
article, the previous cultivation has
been thorough and deep, if the plow-
ing has been done right and the prepa.
ration of a seed bed done upon prac-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
No. 16

there. Feed your stock and make
more manure. Thinking over this poor
land problem brings to mind an incl
dent that occurred to my wife. One
day she was in q hurry to get dinner
ready as we all were very hungry and
waiting for her call. She began to
fret and said that the bread would not
bake, she had put it on the top rack
and then on the bottom rack. At this
point ! stepped in and she told me to
see If the stovepipe had come loose
again. / looked, but it was all right.
l then noticed that the fire had gone
out. Now, brother, the fire has gone
out on your land and you must rebuild
it if you expect to have any bread to
bake.
Sow your fields in rye, cut it eff in
June and SOW in peas. / find that one
Of the best ways to get your land
started up. Don't fail to keep your
poultry yard manure dry. Set bar.
rel in the hen house, and when it gets
full SOW it on your wheat, oats or rye.
A fine result to put it around your
corn just before rain. And be care
ful about your ashes to keep them dry.
Brother, you must look after all Of
these things. They count, and that
very fast. When you plow, plow deep,
feed your horses and put her to the
beam.
When you start your boy to blowing
go with him, take hold of the ploW
handles and show him just how TO
ploW. Remember he has got to leaEn.
Show him how to let the traces, take
up the back band and regulate the
ploW. II you haven't done this you
haven't done the duty Of father. Big
brothers, show your little brothers
these things. There are thousands Of
men and boys to day who have lived
on a farm all Of their lives and do not
know how to plow yet.
You have got to- learn to farm just
like a child learns to walk. You must
know your land, the thing that grows
best in that soil and the thing in this
kind of soil You must experiment,
and know these things yourself.
Our experiment stations are grand
institutions, but they fail to give us
the kind Of soil they obtain certain re-
suits from. They ought to do that.
Raise lot of artichokes and chufus
and turn your hogs In on them in the
A-N r A.
when hogs have plenty Of RrtiChOkes.
They should also have plenty of wood
ashes, which is very essential TO health,
and will kill the kidney worm, that is
so common among hogs.
God has never made thing yet but
what he intended it to be used for the
purpose for which it was made. There
fore use your brains and think about
what you are doing, and do it the right
way, and you will find that the farm
will be profitable.
Remember that it is not the big farm
that pays. Fifty acres Of well. cared
for and enriched land will bring in
more revenue than 100 acres poorly
managed.
There are four letters when correctly
Joined together should scare every
man almost PROSTATE, and they are
debt. Brother, before you go In debt,
eat corn bread, drink buttermilk and
go barefooted. Better do that for awhile
than to, with all probability, eat that
or worse all Of our life, and if you have
but one shirt, go to bed and have it
washed before you go in debt for an
other.
Do these things and you will prosper
and be happy.
], A. DUMMoND.
Grace, N. @.
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Grace, N. O.
SUCCESSIVE PAINTINGS OF
FORAGE CROPS.

The weather is warm enough now TO
plant drilled corn, sorghum and the
several kinds Of millet for forage DUR
poses. When hot weather comes we
generally have pretty long dry spells,
and, during these, pastures fail to meet
the wants OF the animals they usually
support. To bridge over these times
Of scarcity forage Drops come In very
handily. The flow Of milk can be kept
up at little expense, and the health Of
work animals improved by moderate
rations Of green food. All herb-eating
animals crave it, because it is their
natural food, and when deprived Of IL
for heightened periods are apt to be-
come dyspeptic and have unnatural
Rppetites, and eat things unfit for food.
It always pays to keep farm animals
Of every kind in highest health, and g
variety Of good food is better for this
purpose than all condition powders.
Successive paintings Of the forage
crops mentioned may be made through
May, June, July, and in case Of Ger
man miIIet, in August. Whatever ig
not fed green may be dry cured or put
In sii0. f you have not q silO, build
one and proceed at once to raise crops
to I'LL it. A mixture Of COWpeas and
corn forage is the most available and
ct the same time one Of the best Of COM
binatiOns. Silage in winter practically
gives green feed all the year-for its
sucCulent, juicy nature makes animals
relish it almost as well as green feed.
As stated heretofore, silage may be fed
advantRgeouslY to hogs as well as cats
tie, In either case not as an exclusive,
but as q part ration. Southern Guilt
VRtOr.
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RALEIGH, N. c., MAY "a. 1898.

lens, accompanied with small amount
OF silver, they promise q worthless
paper or magazine, for one year, and a
handsome prize in money. The paper
or magazine is sometimes received. the
prize never. This class is robbing the
people annually Of millions Of dollars,
and bringing disgrace on the journals
tic profession. Uncle Sam should give
them healthy punch in the ribs, as
he did the Louisiana lottery, if for no
other reason simply as q protection to
gentlemanly, honest journalism.
The Medicine Fakir.-This character
is generally known, for he lives, thrives
and tattens in every village and town
throughout the land. We are race
OF dyspeptics, and as Indigestion is the
mother of most of our ills, the medicine
takir always 8 has q positive cure. He
usually mounts dry goods box at a
convenient corner on the streets, and
extols the virtues of his compound In
the most glowing positive terms.
70 meet the hard times he usually
reduces his dollar bottles to 80 cents,
and if this does not produce the de-
sired effect, he sometimes gives an
extra bottle, and frequently supples
ments them with watch chain. ct IF
and collar buttons, etc all for 80 cents.
This last offer usually brings every
dime from the crowd from it's hiding
place. The fakir departs with merry
face and fat pocket, while his dupe
retires soon to discover that he has q
worthless compound and a little trashy
jeWelry, and the last half dollar is gone
After a rest Of two or three weeks, he
is sufficiently recuperated for another
bite.
The Tree Fakir.-One of this class
passed through this section a short
time ago, and we presume he had kin
dred brothers passing through other
sections at the same time. Me hailed
all the way from Tennessee, and had
with him fruit catalogue that con-
tained some handsome plates of many
varieties Of fruit. He had speciality
on an extra sheet, and it was the pref
tiest picture Of a peach we ever saw.
In size symmetry and beauty, it sur
passed the famous Eberta.
This tree he proposed to cell at one
dollar each. He claimed that it was a
seeding, and that it would, without
fail, always reproduce itself fom its
own seed. This we knew, and thought
every body ought to know, was a false
statement; yet, strange to tell, he sold
a large number Of these trees in this
vicinity. When these buyers three
years from now detect the fraud, this
fakir will be in other parts running
some other speciality in the fruit line
for all it is worth. J.P. POWELL.
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rugged bird citizen that no English in
terloper can drive away or frighten.
Should the crows forsake New England
as the wild pigeons have done, should
miss the gathering of their clans in
April, and their familiar presence at
all seasons. But of this there is no
present danger. The crow is here to
stay. 8. B. KEACH.
Hartford Co. Conn
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AgriCul IRE.
EDITED BY BENZ RBY, RALEIaH, N O.

U-of BENZ. Irby, late Professor Of Agricul-
PIOtk' Tfcnltural and Mechanical College, Raj
ture' 2 has become regular contributor to this
elgn -tment. All questions relating to the farm
dePsaaan or orchard will be answered by Prof.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

Has the largest
circulation Of any
family agricultu.
raj or political
paper published
between Rich.
mond and Atlantis