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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
Like the Louisiana Lottery.

CINCINNATI April 26.-The directors Of
the United States Debenture company
today decided to ask permission of the
courts to wind up it's business and to
distribute its assets. This action follow
ed the report of A B. Benedict, referee,
which makes a strong case against the
legal authority of the debenture bust
ness. He compares it to the Louisiana
lottery and says the language used in
its certificates is well calculated to de-
ceive its customers. The assets are
given at $83, 626
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
Yonnp Hav Rasirna.

Washington, April 26.-Adelbert Hay,
son of the secretary of state, has re-
signed his post as United States consul
general at Pretoria The resignation
takes effect tomorrow. His successor
has not yet been selected.
s'Cure the cough and save the life"
DR.. woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds. down to the very verge
of consumption
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
Rogues Gallery For Steamers.

New York, April Pa rogues' gallery
of card sharps is to be provided by the
New York police to be hung in the card
room of each of the big transatlantic
liners running out Of this port This
action IS the result Of the alleged swim
ding Of pr. Joseph Muir out of $1,000 on
a recent voyage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
Railroad Sued For $3.50. 900

instituted against the Chicago & North
western Railway company for $3.50, 600
damages by A claimants, alleged to
have been injured in the wreck at De-
pere, Wis. June p Of last year. on the
Saengerfest excursion train All are
residents Of Oshkosh, Menasha and
Fond On Lac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
No Decision Reached.

Chicago, April 26.-No decision was
reached at today's conference between
Illinois Central officials and officers of
the International Association of Ma
chinists which yesterday presented the
associations demands to the company's
superintendent of machinery, William
Renshaw. The conference lasted several
hours and an adjournment was taken
until tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

The amount Of material for speeches
which viii be gathered by the congress
men visiting the Philippines and Cuba,
is likely to necessitate a number Of ex-
ira editions Of the CongressionalRe Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

J. Pierpont Morgan seems to have
adoptedy the drummer's idea Of spend
ing a little money with his customers
and as a starter has bought the stolen
and recovered Gainsborough portrait
far s150 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

AS soon as Mr.. Lloyd Griscom has
rested sufficiently he viii return to his
task Of endeavoring to collect that b'n
Of $4,000 which the Sultan Of Turkey
owes to the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
Hanged For Killing His Sweetheart

Hanged For Killing HIS Sweetheart
St. Louis. April ga special to the
Dispatch from Clinton, KY, says.
Thomas Cole was hanged here today for
the murder Of Emma Cara A Rice. his
swee theart with whom he quarreled. O.
the scaffold Cole expressed sorrow for
the crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
A S pring Tonic.

Everybody needs a tonic in the spring,
at this time the system Graves a tonic.
It is housekeeping time for your body.
Iichty's Celery Nerve Compound will tone
up your nerves. blood kidneys and liver
by Geo. w. Stansfield. 632 Kansas avenue
and Marshall Bros. 115 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

The marriage ceremony might be
amended when rich girls marry I'M
pecunious noblemen. so as to read love.
honor, obey and pay his debts"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

Japan now knows what it IS to be one
Of the progressive pushing nations OF
the earth. She has large sized imam
ciaI panic on her hands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

Gunner Morgan has sued his wife 10
divorce. which proves that Aonllra'
Sampson knew his man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

The varying reports Of the conditions
IN Porto Rico indicate that the cores
pondent at Mole st. Nicholas IS still
somewhere in that region
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
HOODS Pills

On retiring, and tomorrow your di-
gestive organs will be regulated and
you Will be bright, active and ready
for any kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yours. HOODS PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. p cts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

Probably Mr.. Geo. Phillips has lot
of hogs and that is why he wants so
much corn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
A brakeman refers to a coffin as "a
bone dish
In building your air castles. take care
always to have plenty Of spare rooms
to suit your kin
Now you have got your foot in it. n
she said to the editor. Huh the editor
replied, its never out
The history Of almost any family
may be told from the clothes that hang
on the line every wash day.
IF you think that people are cruel
and cold hearted. it IS one sign that
you have never had a grief that they
knew about.
There is a case in Atchison ola burned
child who has been getting kindlirg
ready ever since he recovered from his
burns.
If YOU amount to more than your
nelghbor, did you ever think that it
may be because you had the good luck
70 hang on the sunny side Of the wall?
The good things OF life are distributed
With justice: IL the older sisters do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

The newest thing IN women's clubs
is the Sacred Order Of Whales SO called
because the members would believe II
If their husbands told them they saw a
whale swimming UP the street. -
1zniIr wife q Whale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

IF'rom the Chicago News-1
Cupid is blind to everything but pin
money.
The pleasures Of madness are known
only to lunatics.
A husband in hand l. worth a dozen
or more in prospective
Every woman loves the picture sur
rounded by her mirror frame.
If you bestow a favor. forget it; If
you receive one. remember it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
QUAKER SELECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Poker players often exchange calls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

The history OF almost any family
may be told from the clothes that hans
on the line every wash day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

Now you have got your foot in it,
she said to the editor. Huh the editor
replied, its never out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

have the nice clothes. their younger
sisters have the youth and look better
IN old ones.
Those who live for amusement VIII
find Atchison unfortunately located:
too far east to find fun in hanging a
horse thief. and too far west to be in the
yachting belt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

In building your air castles, take care
always to have plenty Of spare rooms
to suit your kin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26
GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrom the Atchison Globe.7
A brakeman refers to a coffin as "a
lone dish"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

Some people are too lazy to jump at
conclusions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

oOTneLITnes Inc uIsCUTl N . CI1I-1I
comes from the choir.
At least the deaf mute believes that
actions speak louder than words.
Some mems heads are turned by sue
cess. Others are simply 'rubbers-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

If your liver is out Of order, causing
Biiousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take q dose Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

VIII someone who can be believed
kindly tell the truth about Porto Rico9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-26

The good things OF life are distributed
With justice: Il the older sisters do
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

sweetness and flavor It is quite
possible, however, for farmers to
have their own supply of excellent
sweet potatoes and enough for sale
at good prices to pay all expenses by
starting plants in pots and trans
planting them TO the open ground
when danger of frost is past. If
threatened with frost after the
plants are set out they may be Gov
cred with strawberry baskets. When
the winters are long and severe the
question of storing the tubers be
comes very important. In sections
where frOsts never penetrate the
ground more than a few inches, they
may be stored in mounds on we'll
drained land and covered with leaves,
straw or corn stalks, and, as cold
weather approaches, blanket of
earth added. A temporary roof of
boards is sometimes placed over the
mounds TO shed the rain. In some
places low huts are built of logs and
slabs and covered with earth. These
methods are common south of the
Potomac river, though some of the
more enterprising growers are adopt
ing notifications of the methods
now employed in Maryland, Della
ware, New Jersey, the eastern shore
of Virginia, and other sections, where
sweet potatoes are stored in caves,
natural or artificial, with good re-
suits.
A. B. MARRIOTT.
Washington, D. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
FARMERS INSTITUTES.

The Commissioner of Agriculture
his made the following appointments
for Farmers Institutes in the wes-
tern part of the State:
Kings, Stokes county, Saturday,
August 10th.
Elkin, surry county, Tuesday,
August 18th.
Yadkinville, Yadkin county, We'd
nesday, August 14th.
Pennington, Thursday and Friday,
August 18th and 18th.
Mooresville, Iredell county, Satur-
day, 18th.
Stanley Creek, CASTOR county
Monday, 18th.
Lincolnton, Lincoln county, Tues,
day and Wednesday, goth and 21st.
Newton, Catawba county, Thurs
day, 22nd.
Hendersonville, Henderson county,
Friday and Saturday, 23rd and oath,
Brevard, Swain county, Monday,
26th.
Columbus, Polk county, Wednes-
day, 28th.
Rutherfordton, Rutherford coun,
ty, Thursday, 29th.
Shelby, Cleveland county, Fri,
day, Both.
These institutes will be attended
by Commissioner Patterson, Prof
Massey, DR.. Kilgore, Entomologist
Sherman, Veterinarian Butler and
perhaps some members of the A. and
M. College faculty.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
FARM PAPERS AND THEIR USES.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer
Kind reader, are you accustomed
to think and act for yourself? If so,
you must take the best papers that
are published concerning your pro-
fession, and even then you will
find yourself falling far behind. An
other man has surpassed the one who
was once superior, carrying his pro-
fession on to a much higher and
greater end.
Just so with farmers we are
bound to take the best farm papers
that are published, reading and
studying them carefully, trying to
learn the best methods of the most
successful farmers. For in no other
science is more rapid and real prog.
ress being made at the present time
than in that of farming. Even the
specialist must be studious and ear
nest in his work to keep himself we'll
and accurately informed of the prog
ress made in his profession. Per
haps q common farmer now once
would have been model one, for
then one man gave his attention to
everything from raising dogs to the
solution of unknown problems. Now
man devOtes his whole time and at
tention to one thing and by that act
he not only succeeds and gains in
wealth, but others also being in
formed of his mistakes, are able to
shun them. Whenever a man gives
his whole attention to one thing,
then there will be progress in that.
So let us as tillers of her soil give to
her our full at6e ion, carefully pre-
pairing her fertile loam and she will
amply repay US, yielding hundred
fold. upon my sloping hills and
undulatcd plains and nestled within
my fair valleys a happy people
dwell" W. A. B.
Mecklenburg Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
BRUSH, BRIARs, ETC.

Ny plan of disposing of brush,
briars, etc., on land where am to
cultivate is to remove and place
them in large gullies if there be
such on my farm at the time of re-
moval; if not I select a very poor
spot of land usually on a knoll and
haul and cover them two or three
feet deep. Tt very soon decays so I
can plow right through it; and in
most cases these barren spots over
which it is absolutely useless to cul-
tivate and on which our native wild
grasses will not take hold and grow,
will be the most fertile spots on the
farm. Two men with wagon and
team and large hay frame sixteen
feet long can haul a short distance
about as fast as they can collect in
piles and burn. If the farmers would
adopt this plan of getting rid Of
their brush and briars and stop the
ruinous practice of burning them,
our country would in very short
time be worth many dollars more
than it is to-day.-O. P. Norman,
Kingston, Tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
HoE1KG. WEDDING AND CULT1vAT1NG.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
For the garden crop there is no
better way to countoract dry weather
than to make up for the fertilizer
and barnyard manure that you in
tended putting on the land last fall,
but neglected. Constant hoeing,
wedding and cultivating produce
such mechanical effects in the soil
that cover a multitude of neglects.
A great many say they have no time,
especially in hob weather, to keep
the hoe and cultivator going all the
time, but that is often necessary in
dry weather to save the crops. Try
it on two fields adjoining each other
and see the difference. Cultivate
one continually through July and
August dry weather, and give to the
other only such cultivation that is
necessary to keep down the weeds.
The difference in the productive
quality of the crops will be almost
one-third in seasons of extra
drought.
There is one way to save the extra
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
THE FARM BEAUTIFUL.
A, B. MARRIOTT.
Washington, d. @.

Some Thoughts About Fences and Trees.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Too much cannot be said abou5
having the farm attractive, nor too
much done towards making it so.
There is no excuse for an ugly farm !;
and the man who must cut down
every tree in his pastures for fire
wood, and who regards the roses
and honeysuckles around his house
as ''trash' has made mistake in
trying to be farmer.
But beauty, on the farm, must be
made compatible with utility, as, in
deed, true beauty always is. The
old crooked rail fence, overgrown
with vines, and with the corners
given up to weeds and bushes, may
be ''picturesque" from the city Wis
itor s point of view but to the farmer
who owns it, it is an expensive lux
ury. The picturesque" effect comes
too high to be pleasing in this case.
Prof. Bailey, of Cornell Univer-
sity, in a recent magazine article,
says that his neighbOr asked him
why he did not cut the briars that
were in his fence corners. He an
swered that he liked to see the briars
there. His neighbor responded that
some folks were fools, anyway. To
this the Professor replied that cit is
fun to be fool" Probably : is,
but the ordinary farmer cannot
afford such fun, and, as a rule, had
better keep his fence corners clean.
So with trees in cultivated fields.
They may be attractive from dis
tance; but, to the man who works
around them, their beauty is largely
spoiled by the small crops under
them. Of course the shade is some
thing in their favor, especially on a
hot day. But, unless a tree is an
exceptionally fine one, it is better to
get it out of the grain field.
In the pasture it is different. There
the tree is not only a "thing of
beauty and a JOY forever" }" to the
stock, but is profitable from a fnan-
cial standpoint. There should also
be plenty of trees around the build
ings, and along the road side, even
if they do take up little land in the
latter case.
Let the farm be as beautiful as
possible, but make it beautiful from
the farmers standpoint. Let the
daisies and goldenrod, the hazel and
wild flowers grow, if you wish'
among the lodges of rock or on banks
too steep to cultivate; but do not
give them land which should be in
blue grass or potatoes.
For, after all is said, the finest
field to the farmers eye is the one
which gives promise of the most
bountiful harvest.
e. e. MILLER.
L1o-, 10 Tam
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

Angora goats are very profitable
on brush land because they eat
young brush. Four years ago I
bought a pair, then got two more
females and turned them in the
woods with a straight rail fence. It
does not take much of a fence to
keep them if only there is no place
for them jump up on. I now have
IL fine ones besides having eaten
several lambs that did not wish to
keep. The meat is better than NUT
ton and does not have a woolly
taste. In the four years have had
them they have not cost me 81.
When we have no snow to>cover the
ground they need no feeding. I
give only oat straw. They will live
and get fat where a sheep would
starve. They need shed to go un-
der when it rains.-C. E. Kinney.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
Raleigh, N. c., August ., 1901.

cultivation and that is thorough en-
richment Of the soil before planting
the crops, and the maintenance of
a fine condition of the land through
a proper rotation of crops. Soil that
produces only one heavy crop yea~,
and is cultivated only just enough to
keep down the weeds in it, will
hardly be in fine mechanical condi-
tion so that underground moisture
can find it's way to the surface in dry
weather. Such soil needs more cul-
tivating in July and August than an.
other that is planted with two or
more crops year and kept constant
ly working. Such soils must be
heavily enriched in order to produce
so many crops, and then it receives
thorough cultivation and stirring
every time a new crop is harvested
and planted. The result is that it
never gets hard and baked so that
water runs off it or fails to come up
from below.
Soils need working, and often
times the harder we work the land
the more productive it proves.
If allowed to remain idle half the
time it seems to get clogged up and
contracts dyspepsia. Plant food is
wasted when put in it, and about
half of it stays there in an unassimil-
able form or gradually teaches away
with the rain. Again, it turns sour
because of lack of proper ventilation
and drainage, and it is no fit place
for seeds or plants. We cannot let
the soil get in either condition if we
would make it profitable and highly
productive. 1t is rare case where
soil is overworked. We some times
hear of it, but most rundown soils
owe their decline to work without
proper feeding. That is quite another
matter and entirely foreign to the
subject. Hard worked soils are
naturally heavy feeders, and we must
see to it that they get enough nour-
ishment to make the heavy crops
grow. JAMES S. WILSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

Chicago telephone authorities are
responsible for the statement that at
this time 1, ,8O6 farmers are connected
with the telephone systems of the
nearby States and are within a mo-
ment's call from Central at Chi
cago. When we recall the isolation
of the farm of a few years age the
loneliness and desolation of the
pioneer life, the change marked by
this statement is something quite
beyond comprehension, and it con-
tains promise for the future of
still greater things. Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

The best manner of aVenging our
selves is by not resembling hlm
whom has injured us.-Jane Porter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

Hamblen Co., Tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

[OONEMUED on RAaB 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-05-17
THE lola MAIL CARRIERS
Postmaster Henderson Selects The
Young Men Who are to Deliver
Mail to lola People After July /.
w. +. Tanner
Clarence f. Quay
Il. B. Kuykendall
Fred C.. Green

Those are the names OF the young
men who have been selected by post
master Henderson, with the assistance
of the Civil Service Commission, to
serve the people of lola as mail car
riers when free mail delivery goes in
to effect, as it is expected to doJuly l. .
The first three named constituted the
regular carriers, the fourth being des.
ignated as Il substitute.
AS readers of the REGISTER will re-
member, an examination was held
some months ago under the direction
of the Civil Service Commission which
was taken by some forty or fifty per-
sons. In due course of time the Com
mission certified down to the Postal
department the following eight names
of those standing highest in the eX-
amination: Frank Tanner, Herbert
Goshorn, Clarence Quay, r. V. Phin-
ney, L. b. Kuykendall, Fred Green,
Chas. Treadway and Ruban Arm
strong, The postal department sent
these names to Postmaster Henderson
with directions TO select the names of
three carriers and one substitute from
among them, after the following rule;
The first carrier was to be selected
from the first three names. Tanner,
Goshorn and Quay. Tanner was
chosen. The second was to be chos-
en- from the two names of the firstthree
left and the fourth name Goshorn,
Quay and Phinney J. Quay was chosen.
The third was to be chosen from the
two names left of the second three and
the fifth on the list Goshorn, Phinney
and Kuykendall), except that Phinney
being a nonresident of lola was not
eligible. Kuykendall was chosen.
Goshorn, having appeared on three
lists and not being chosen was drop
ped so that the selection of the car.
rier was made from among Phin.
ney, Green and Treadway, and Greer
was chosen.
In the list above named only two are
Democrats Goshorn and Kuykendall
one OF them was fortunate enough
to get on thelist. Mr.. Goshorn, al
though standing second on the list,
was not chosen for the reason that he
expects to go away to school as soon
as he can make the necessary arrange
ments, and the Department advises
that only those who can probably re-
main permanently on the force be
chosen.
No official announcement has beer
made of these appointments, but as the
Department usually relies wholly or
the recommendation of the postmaster
there seems little doubt that they vii
be made. They are excellent appoint
ments in every respect and will doubt
less give good satisfaction.