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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
THE INDEPENDENT FARMER.

A farmer drove up to a shoe store.
hitched his team and stepped within.
Good morning, Mr.. Rippskin," he
said.
"Ah, good morning, Mr.. Landslide,
nice morning; anything can do for
you to-dayl"
"Well, yes, / think you can, that is,
if we can make deal. You see times
are pretty dull, and ain'5 sold any
thing yet. I want pair of shoes for
my wife, and a couple pairs for the
boys, and as yoG Rnow what sort OF
butter we make, l put in a jar Of that
and few dozen of NICE fresh eggs.
thought perhaps could turn 'em for
some shoes
Pm sorry, Mr.. Landslide, for like
your butter, but we've got a good sup
ply on hand now, and as for the eggs,
[ bought some this morning What
are you asking for your butter9"
"Mr. Hay field had some IN yester
day and he told me he got 18 cents"
"Whew! bayfield, musG have found
somebody soft. Why, 1 can buy a
CARLOAD for Il cents; that's the market;
but you're an old customer, Mr.. Land
side, and you make good butter. See
ing you'll trade it out, won't mind
giving you a cent over the market"
'Can'T you split the difference and
make it 169"
"Couldn'G possibly; times are dull
with me, too"
"Wlll you take the eggs, tooG"
''ThaG's acc Drding to what you want
for them; they're way down, you
know"
Hay field got IA cents for his"
"HuhI Must have sold his eggs
where he did his butter. Twelve cents
is the market You can bring 'em in
at that if you want to-"
A few minutes later, the shoe deal
begins.
How much is this pair, Mr.. Ripp-
skinG"
Those are solid calf, handsewed and
bargain at $2.75."
Cant you let 'em go at 81 bOg''
81 couldn't think of it; then here's just
what you want for the boys-only 81 %
a pair-just the thing"
II think you ought to throw off the
extra quarter"
20, that's rock bottom, Mr.. Land
side. Those are the right s5zss, too.
Shall l put 'em up for you3"
II suppose so. Now, how do we
stand9"
Let me see; "a pounds of butter at
15c. is S.. 10; nine dozens of eggs at 12;.
Is 81 O8; total Sc 18. Twice 50 25 is
$3.50 and 81 rs makes 81 25; Sc I8 from
81 25 leaves $L07 coming TO me. o,
give me- a~dollar, that's near enough
-defEly transferring the dollar to his
till. "How's crops this year, Mr..
LRndside9"
"Only middling, and what with low
prices and an overstocked market one
can scarcely scrape along"
'Ha, ha9 Too bad for you fellows.
I sometimes wish were farmer; it'e
the most independent life one can live.
Yes, seems to me I've heard some
such talk before. come in here. you
set your price on my produce and lam
obliged to take it. buy goods Of you
and you set your own price on them.
If I don't like your prices can let
your goods alone. O, yes, we're an
independent lot, we farmers. w. T.
Becker, in American Agriculturist.
WHEAT AND CORN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
ua. A PARFkCT EAR OF CUkN.
Farmer Makes a Find Which Might
Bling Him $1,000

An ear of corn which Patrick Cullen
boI;evps to be worth q small fortune is
baing carefully preserved by that indi
viduaI. who recently found his pr'ze
on Farmer Upright's place at Merton
SQUARE, Montgomery county. To the
ordinary city man there is really moth
ing remarkable about the ear Of corn.
Its kernels are not of solid gold, nor
are there any diamonds concealed
about the cob.
It's value lies In the fact that some
where at sometime or other some sgri-
cultural society offered o reward of
81. 600 Co anyone who Wouii find per
feet ear of corn with the kernels grow
ing in an uneven number of rows. 1t
has always been found that the rows
are even, say 10. IL, or IA, TO a cob.
This ear which Patrick Cullen found,
however, shows 13 rows around the
butt and IL arouud the middle of the
cob Many farmers Co whom Cullen
showed his prIzs assured him that the
ear wes as perfect as it could be, and
that it was really curiosity. Cullen
is now looking for the agricultural so
eienty which IF red the 81, 900 reward.
Philadelphia Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
No. 13

says an Eastern writer, finds it cheaper
to buy good fall pippins for fifty cents
bushel than poor sorts, sold as cook
ing apples" for fifteen cents busheI.
He uses the Talmen Sweeting largely
for baking and for puddings, and
thinks that an Indian apple pudding,
made by this natural sweetening the
cheapest and the best pudding IN the
world. He saves from $75 to 800 an
nually in the cost OF his table by this
fruit. NORTH American Horticui-
tIIrist
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03

sumption, corn holds q far more inn
portant rank than wheat. Among g
largely preponderant part of our popu
latlon it furnishes q variety of whole
some articles of diet. It is the basis of
our hog produce, the exports of which
are valued at about 500, 0OO,OOO per
year 1t is also a leading article of
food for cattle, excelling all other
gralS IN cheapness and feedingquali
ties. I5 is the basis of our production
OF Distilled spirits, of starch and of
glucose. 1t has been demonstrated by
competent scientists who have thor
ough1y Investigated the ply ysiological
characteristics OF the plant and Its
structural conditions at various stages
OF les growth. that, in addition to it's
present various uses, it may be made
to yield produces of immense CONNER
cial demand and which would very
largely add to the prOfiTableness of
American farming in those sections
where corn can be raised. Many may
regard these statements witn incredu
lily, but they are based upon more
than mere possibilities, upon possibill
ties that are even now approaching
realization"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03

Money IN bank Is never half so profit
able as manure in the field. To sklmp
the field for the bank is to make mis-
take What the intensive farmer needs
TO do is to put back to his land as free
ly as the land is found to give. To
give on a farm is to get. Ten acres
we'll fed are worth a hundred starved
This Is the experience of every body
that knows any thing about the matter.
Living in the country is costless, be
cause with a little turning around a
man makes the rinds Of his fruit worth
as much as the pulps that have been
eaten. To enjoy ones watermelons
and then to give TO the pigs the rinds
is to put back more than has been
taken. To use the straw gathered at
mid summer for the winter bedding OF
horse or COW is to put it at fabulous in
terest Cider let alone doubles it's value
by turning into vinegar. Calves fed
from nickIngs that are without other
value grow into butter giving COWS.
Colts, taking a milk that nothing else
cares to drink, develop into plough
pulling horses. Southern Progress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03

also with the best of periodicals, max
ing a speciality of farm life and itE in
terests Encourage them to read and
to think. It the farmer would read
these periodicals with his boys and
talk about the articles with them, the
value OF such reading would be largely
increased. Discussion brings out the
important ideas as nothing else can,
except practical working out of them,
and this will naturally follow the dis
cussion Of them, in many instances
Encourage the boys to look at matters
from a practical rather than from a
theoretical stand point, and they will
become keen critics, and you will be
surprised at the judgment and good
sense displayed by them in their aualy
sis :: an article. If any of them show
an aptitude for this or that business,
get them the best periocal specially de
voted TO it, and help them TO informa-
ton that can be depended on as rell
able. Of course, personal experience
will be necessary, later on, il they
take up any of these lines of business,
but by the assistance of such Informs
tion they can acquire general knowl-
edge before starting out in business,
that will be of immense benefit to them,
as it will do away with the necessity
Of learning a great deal by personal
experience.
The daily paper is an important fac
tor in the development of the boy on
the farm. 1t keeps him in touch with
the world outside. It makes him feel
that he is part of it because he knows
what is going on there. He takes pride
in keeping himself posted about cur
rent events. have been pleased to
note the manner in which many farm
ers' boys make use of the daily paper
They read it carefully; they remember
what they read, and they are actually
more familiar with what is going on IN
the world than many of their city
cousins. They read for information,
and the information they get Is made
use of in one way or another. An
item Of informstion may not be of
great benefit in itself, but the habit OF
gathering these items is of the utmost
help. Never read carelessly, boys
Read to remember. Too many persona,
nowadays, seem to read with the inten
ton of forgetting what they read as
soon as possible. And they generally
succeed in doing it; also in forming a
habit of letting clip
through their minds like water through
sieve. Those who read in this man
ner are harmed by reading. They
would be better off if they were not to
read anything.
Be sure 20 get the best reading Some
periodicals. try to gain patrons by the
plea that they are cheap. II their ar
ticies are cheap, as well as their sub
scription price, they will prove to be
dear at any price. In books and peri
OdIcals, as we'll as in most other things
the best is the cheapest in the long run,
and the extra money required to get
those we know to be good will turn out
to be an investment of the most salts
foctory kind. -Eben e. Rexford, in
Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
PAPERs IN THk FARMERS HoMR

We cannot overestimate the value
of periodicals OF the dRy-that is, the
really good periodicals-in the educa
ton of the young. They are quite as
inp0reaus as the schsol teacher. In
fact, the good paper or magazine is a
teacher in the training school OF lie,
and exerts an influence powerful for
good, but not fully appreciated because
it does its work so quietly. Take away
good periodicals and the value and i'm
portance of them would sooa be ap
parent.
The education secured from good
books and papers is practical. 1t ap
peals to the Individual, not to the class,
and its Influence is directly on the
character aud the formation of it. /
think il is all the more powerful be
cause it does not set itself up as au
thorlty, az the text books Of our schools
do, to a great extent. We come to
consider them more as friends and
companions than as professional
teachers, and they influence us more
because there Is no evident intention,
On their part, TO do 90, IN the sense of
educational work. We do not feel, in
reading them, thot we are studying
We are amusing ourselves, but uncon
sclously, We are receiving Impressions
quite s1r"ng as any that ever come
from deliberate study, and, in many
Instances, mucn more lasting.
1t Is not NC saary, nowadays, to be
q traveller IN oruer TO know something
about the world We can see a great
deal OF 1t through the eyes of others.
We Can make ourselves familiar with
la1ds Wa may never visit. We may
understand life In all it's phases, the
world round, better from a keen eyed
"aVeler's description Of it than we
WOULD II we we're TO become travellers; :;
tSr travel, as q general thing, distracts
'ue mind of the ordinary man from de
'als and he c1mes home with g confu
1''u Of IDEAS which results from seeing
-40le thugs than he can easily digest,
IlSnEaiy. The true traveler-the
.lS'eIer born for the calling
s ,us more Important details, the salient
'a'urFs and IN a magazine article
S'uuenses more information than we
I'eu' De able TO get in a long time by
.-'aug among the people of whom he
'''eS l. Is go with most of the lead
Sa0J=css of interest, They cover
- = OFoad ti-ld that we cannot expect
bo bm'estlga1e each one, personally, and
49, SO'le familiar with ali phases of
s1l .10n' Bu5 the man who makes a
o. ;-o'aIlty of come one of them can
t. '0 Us information that will enable US
in ealn % pretty good opinion of them,
~;,s S general way, and by keeping up
tn ,su 'ne work of these specialists in
f., various departments of life we can
in al IuS' We are in touch with progress
Iits ~ departments of art, science and
hot Io laFmers' boys should be provided
Only with general literature. but
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03

u-of r. nj. IrHy lat P ofesso- Of Agricul-
fIOl' fIng - DicHIturai and Mechanical college Raj
l9LSS' has become a regular cor -ibutOr 10 this
slgn. slgna.rIn1ent IL questions relating 70 the fam
Geo44ien or orchard will be answered by Pr l..
frhV.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03

Has the largest
circulation Of any
family agricultu-
raj or political
paper published
between Ric a.
mOnd and Atlanta
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
Gen. Curtis. Inspector Gen. of

Gen. Curtis, Inspector Gen. of
the United States for Soldier S
Homes, on recent visit to the
Home at Hot Springs ordered
Commandant Linn to forthwith
pay into the Treasury money
enough to reimburse it for fit
ting up the elegant suite OF rooms
for Gov Lee's wife and for board
for Mrs. Lee and daughter for
three months of last year and
several weeks of this. The
rooms occupied We're formerly
devoted to the recreation of the
crippled and infirm old soldiers.
The latter are now, in order to
provide free entertainment for
the wife of the richest man in
the state, compelled to climb to
their apartments in the upper
stories. The cost of making the
change and furnishing the board
was also deducted from the
maintenance fund Of the insti-
tuition against the protest OF the
inmates. Linn has not obeyed
the order.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
Prof. James NJ. COrSkie.

Prof. Corskie has been resi-.
dent Of Grant county for eigh.
teen years. He has plowed, sown,
reaped and stood the hardships
of pioneer life from boyhood. BY
industry and economy he has
transformed the barren wastes
of his prairie home into a com
Portable dwelling place for his
aged parents. In the meantime,
by occupying his evenings and
spare hours, together with what
winter schooling he could secure
he qualified himself for a teacher,
and from that time his advance
along the educational lines has
been rapid, and promotions fire.
quent.
Conscious from the first that
our schools were in need Of train
ed teachers, he began preparing
himself for his chosen profession
BY perseverance in teaching and
study he has been able to secure
a liberal education in the halls of
Brookings College, Hamline Uni
versity and the Normal school
at Valparaiso, Ind, from which
he graduated in 1897 with B.
S. degree.
Prof. Corskie has taught in
the public schools of Grant coun-
ty for eight years, being one of
the oldest teachers in the county,
and is now entering his second
year as principal of the Wilmot
high school, where he is univer-
sally esteemed as an educator.
Having labored with our pupils
in all grades Of their advance
ment, and having met by practi-
cal experience the advantages
and disadvantages Of our school
system in all its phases, he is
fully acquainted with the needs
of pupils and teachers and emf
nently qualified to enter into the
duties of school superintendent.
AS he is almost a native of
Grant county and has grown to
manhood with a spotless charac
ter among hosts of friends, the
people of the county may be
proud to honor him bv their
votes this fall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
Consolidated April Il. 1896

Pop Judges Senator Crawford of King,
bury was also receiving the same klna .
letters from his party. 1t was smart
game but it tailed. Mr.. Bouck's ~
did not pass as he introduced it, 1t was
amended in the house.
State Treasurer Bill No. 49, introd g.
ed by Mr.. Bouck Is similar to the AZ -
nesota law: in fact the state OF Mime :,
Ia has now tied up IN defunci banks
| SSOO,OOO and she will never receive az
cent Of 1t, the stale sued the treasu
| and his bondsm-n when the first loss
| 100000 was sustained by the failure II
the bank; the court held as the state had
designated the place Of deposit that ne
Treasurer was not liable. That hi!l
should not pass, and we Will be IN the
same boat on the county funds bill if a
loss is sustained on the same conditions.
Dairy Inter cts II. b. No 81 was intro
duced in the house by Mr.. Anderson.
find by the Journal t. at he said moth
ing for this bill all it does is to amend
the law that was passed at Bismarck in
territorial days and opens the door lit
lie wider and makes the color punk in
stead OF not being colored; if there is
credit in that let him have it,
The liqnor bill was drawn up in Sioux
Falls and brought to Pierre 10y Nose
Kaufman, the Sioux Falls brewer. You
should have heard Mr.. Bouck's speech
on the bill and listened to the answer
by Dave Morgan OF McCook county.
Dave is an old farmer, whom ! have
known for 80 years.
Now Senator how about >. Is. No. 10
fixing the salary Of states attorney that
would give that officer in Grant county
according to the last census between
5000 ana 81 900 per year. You alWara
voted In the interest OF the people! How
about your amendent 10 the legislative
expense committee 50 that toward o.tr
close of the session the committee Gle ks
that would be idle could not be used On
the enrolling force. How about ,ur
vote on the bill to abolish the office ut
commissioner Of irrigation, useless Of
flee | introduced bills to abolish the
offcesof irrigation Commissioners and 81 tie
surveyor. And as to partlsanshlp
about your vote to take away from he
president Of the senate the appolntm nj
of committees, something that was never
done before until Donelly did it in tn"
senate Of Minnesota, and 1t has never
been done since. If you have record
come out like man and defend II and
do not hide behind circular. Thomas
Fitch has not made political record.
but he has war record and he will
make as good legislator as he was
soldier.
Respectfully
N. I. Lowthian.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Republican meetings will be
held at the following places and
dates:
BIG STONE CITY Friday evening, Oct es-s
j Conkiin
TWIN BROOKS Saturday evening, Oct. 29-
S. } Conklin.
STRoUsEToN Tuesday after
noon, Nov. /, at 1:3O o'clock
Hon. r. j. Gam 5le and Hon. c.
II. Burke.
SUMMIT T-Tuesday eve, Nov.
Hon. f. j. Gamble and G.. IL.
Burke Also at Waubay, Thurs
day eve, Nov 3.
BRONSON SCHOOL HOUSE,
Blooming Valley Twp.-Thurs-
day, Nov. 3-F. F. Moore, Thos.
Fitch.
EMORY SCHOOL HOUSE, Mazep-
pa Twp, Saturday, Nov. 5 n |.
Lowthian, G.. W. Prevey, Thos.
Fitch.
Observation-Disclosures, Nov.
81. l.. Lockhart.
SCHEIE SCHOOL HOUSE, Vernon
Twp. Friday, Nov. 1 il. l..
Lockhart, F. +. Moore, M. NJ
Ramer.
ALBEE-S Saturday, Nov. ) j.
L. Lockhart, f. +. Moore and M.
M Ramon
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28

Editor Herald Advance; The usual
circular Is out why Tom Bouck should
be Senator.
AS he has mentioned my name in con-
neciion with the matter l will take the
liberty of replying. The circular is
signed by the central committee but |
feel safe in saying that the committee
never drew up the circular aud Mr..
Bouck should have signed 1t himself, as
II is an attempt to take credit TO himself
which belongs to some one else. Sena-
tor Gunderson is entitled TO as much
credit as aLy man in the state for the
county Funds Bill, as be introduced it in
1893. 1t was introduced in the House
and Senate in 1895 Senator Hebel Of
Deuel. county introduced II In the senate
looked up the authorities and fought
for the bill against every lawyer IN the
senate except one, Rice, Of DeadWood,
and the bill would have passed then II
Senator Heble had not accepted an
amendment to it which took all OF the
meat out OF it, | told Senator Heble
that now the DILL would be useless.
The Bcycle bill. senate bill No. l65
was not introduced by Senator Bouck
but by Senator Powers. This bill is the
one to deceive as the courts have long
q. defined what constitutes baggage.
It was q buncombe bill.
As to the circuit court bill which Mr..
Bouck in 1893 drew, changing the
boundaries Of the 3rd and 9Th judicial
circuits. He sent one to me and one to
Rep. Gold, and soon after wrote letter
10 Gold saying he did not trust me and en-
deavored to have the bill passed and
wanted Senator Roberts OF Day county
to include Grant and Roberts county,
out he would not, and not senator
from the 5th district would do thing,
anu some of those from the 3rd said they
ought not to have let Day 60 In 1895
Mr.. Bouck drew up the same bill and
sent one to me and orc to Rep. Gold.
They were both introduced as Senate
Bill No. 81 and H B. No. %. | talked
with Senator Applin OF OF Beadle county
and won him over, then he secured the
endorsement Of the bar Of Huron and
told me it would be all right. Mr..
Bouck met the lawyers OF Brown and
Sphinx county SO was told and while he
was At Pierre the lawyers were up from
Huron. The bill would pass all right
| for had that assurance from the House
and the Senate. Mr.. Bouck came home
and drew up new bill and sent it on,
one TO me and one to Mr.. Gold, chang
| ing the boundaries Of the 3rd and 9Th
District and creating the 9th. He was
going to play smart. Mr.. Gold with
out thinking what the effect would be
introduced it in the House as Fl. B. 100
The next morning Senator Applin says,
"Lowthlan what does this mean" told
him l did not know. Says he; 'tht
game is up, and the deal is off,; ht
would not llsten Il will show them tha
they must deal honorably, | do not Dlam'
vou". So Mr.. Bouok's shrewdnes
killed the bill Senator McGee was re
ceiving letters every few days from anoth
or man in Milbank urging him to sup
port the bill, stating that by changin
the new circuit they might elect thre
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
A Tacoma dispatch of October

A Tacoma dispatch Of October
% says:
"Among thirty unsuccessful
Copper river prospectors arriv-
ing to-day on the steamer Rosaile
are number from Milbank, S.
D. They report the death bv
drowning last month of L. G.
Gorsuch of Yorktown, S. D. He
was ascending swift tributary
of Copper river, when his boat
overturned. :
The man Gorsuch was q mem
Der of the party with which
Charles Foss was connected.
Mr.. Foss who lately returned
from Alaska, states that he was
q splendid fellow, and 9 most
useful member of party, and be-
fore going to Alaska was loco
motive engineer, running into
Yankton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
Mrs. l. B. Perry of Mime


Mrs. l. B. Perry Of Mime
sofa, will speak on equal suffrage
at the following places on the
dates given below. All meet
ings in the evening. Arguments
against equal suffrage refuted
and proven as wholly without
reason. Come out and listen:
Stockholm School House No. 3-saturday
Oct. y.
Twin Brooks Village-Sundsy. Oct. 80.
Marvin-Monday, Oct. 81.
Summt-Tuesday, Nov.1.
MazepLa school House No. 2-Wednesday.
Nov 2.
Pennington School House No. 2-Thursday.
Nov. 8.
Blooming Valley School House No. 6-Friday,
Nov.4
Grant Center. Bsardsley School House-satur.
day, Nov. B.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
Church Dedication.

The German Evangelical Luth-
eran church at Corona will be
dedicated Sunday Nov 9th. In
The forenoon at 10 o'clock the
service will be in the German
language. In the afternoon at
2::30 service in English will be
held. All friends of the church
are cordially invited. Three
ministers will be in attendance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
Taxes! Taxes!

1897 Personal Property tax has
been subject to collection by dis
tfalnt since July 1st, 1898. Not
wishing to make any extra ex-
pense | give this last notice
Pay your personal tax before
November Goth and save the
cost.
j. n. STAFFORD,
County Treas.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-28
For Over Fifty Years.

MRS. WINsLow'S SOOTHING
SYRUP has been used for chill
dren teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays
al pain, cures wind collie, and IS
the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
Twenty five cents q bottle.