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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
THE HUMoR OF NEGOTIATING A LOAN.

A young Irishman, in want of a
fve-dollar note, wrote to his uncle
as follows:
"Dear Uncle: If you could see
how I blush for shame while I am
writing, you would pity me. Do you
know why? Because I have TO ask
you for a few dollars, and do not
know how to express myself. 1t is
impossible for me to tell you. pre-
fer to die. I send you this by mes
senger, who will wait for an answer.
Believe me-, my dearest uncle, your
most obedient and affectionate
nephew, JACK.
"P. S.-Overcome with shame for
what 1 have written, I have been
running after the messenger in order
to take the letter from him, but 1
cannot catch him up. Heaven grant
that something may happen to stop
him, or that my letter may get
lost"
The uncle was naturally touched,
but was equal to the emergency. He
replied as follows:
"My Dear Jack: Console yourself,
and blush no longer. Providence
has heard your prayers. The mes
senger lost your letter.
"Your affectionate uncle, -."@
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
n, c, Fsrmers, State Alliance,

President-W. A. Graham, Machpelah, Ill
coin Co., n. g.
Vice-President-J. T. Paschal, PittsbOrO,
Chatham Co., N. G.
Secretary-Treasurer and State Business Agent
i. B. Parker, HillsbOro, Orange Co., N. G.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward-JnO. M. Nit
chell, Wayne Co., N. {.
Chaplain-Rev. W. 8. Mercer, MoyOck, Curri-
tuck Co., n. c.
Doorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greensboro, Gui-
ford Co., N. c.,
Sergeant-at-Arms-R. 81. Lane, Aurora, Beau
fort Co., NJ Q.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A. Ora
ham, Machpelah, N. G.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
]. w. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh, n. {.
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, N. G.
John Graham, WarrentOn, N. G.
DR.. J. E. Person, Pikeville, N G.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, NC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
Christian Life Column,
THE Z LONG DAYS.


The sweet, long days when the morn.
ing breaks
Over the mountains in rose and
gold,
When the shadows linger on vale
and lakes,
And the ~afterglow tints field and
void.
The summer days when the pasture
land
Lies dappled with daisies beneath
the sun,
When the waves wash up on the
pebbly strand,
And the little ripples leap and
run.
The sweet, long days when the chill
dren play
Merry and sweet as the day is
long,
Driving the COWS, and tossing the
hay,
And singing many a snatch of
song.
When mother is busy from morn till
eve,
And father is earning the chill
dren's bread
In every task when a prayer they
weave
For blessings to rest on each little
head.
The sweet, long days when though
trouble may come,
We bear the trouble in trustful
cheer,
For eve in God is our constant
home,
A refuge and shelter from grief
and fear.
The sweet, long days which u
Father sends,
Foretaste and pattern of days
to be,
In the time when the by
days shall end,
On the fadeless shore of the Crys-
tai Sea.
NJ. NJ u S,-o.Ao-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
NJ. E. Sangster.
NOT WHAT I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN.

My life is not what I would have
chosen. I often long for quiet, for
reading, and for thought. 1t seems
TO me to be a very paradise to be
able to read, to think, go into deep
things, gather the glorious riches of
intellectual culture. God has for
hidden it in his providence. I must
spend hours in receiving people to
speak to me about all manner of
trifes must reply to letters about
nothing must engagein public work
on everything employ my live on
what seems uncongenial, vanishing,
temporary waste. Yet God knows
me better than 1 know myself. He
knows my gifts, my powers, my
failings and weaknesses, what 1 can
do and what I cannot do. So I de-
sire to be led, and not lead-to fol-
low Him. I am quite sure that He
has thus enabled me to do a great
deal more, in what seemed to be al
most a waste of life, in advancing
His kingdom, than I would have
done in any other way. 1 am sure
of that.-Norman Mcleod.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
THE OWL.

The lonely COO of the dove reminds
me of some other birds having lonely
cries-the owls and whippoorwills.
There + perhaps a dozen kinds of
owls in the United States. The best
known are the barred owl, the horned
or chicken owl, and the screech owl.
The first lives in the forest, and is
from twenty inches to two feet long.
His large head has no ear tufts. The
eyes are round, large, and dark blue.
Across the back and breast are light
and dark bars, while on the lower
part of the body long feathers hang
down over the feet and legs. The
scream and call of this owl are
weird indeed. In my boyhood days
1 heard the story of an old man who
was not acquainted with the birds
cry. His name was Garrison, and
he was caught out one night on a
lonely mountain. Suddenly not far
away he heard the OWLS call-it
seemed to ask, "Who, who, who're
yOu?"
"Obie Garrison's my name, sir !"
replied the old man in good faith
and if he trembled somewhat when
he heard this "who-who," my boy
readers will not wonder over it!
The horned owl is the only owl
which catches poultry. He is the
largest of all the owls, and looks
fierce. He also prefers the great
woods.
But the greatest superstition is
connected with the harmless little
screech owl-"squinch OWL" as
Uncle Remus calls him. When l at
tended the old field school mentioned
in a former chapter, I was afraid of
him even if I saw him blinking
blindly in the daytime. There was
a small country graveyard adjoining
the building, and some mornings, if
the door or a window had been left
open during the night, the earliest
to arrive at school the next morning
might find him perched on a bench
or bracket. Ugh We associated him
with ghosts and things!
The screech owl remains in the
same locality year after year. At
night he searches woods and orch
ards and about the house for rats,
moles, and insects. He is worth
much to the farmer on this account.
The slightest rustic in the grass be-
low where he sits in a tree or on a
house corner attracts him, his hear
ing is so acute. His plumage is soft,
and he flies swiftly away without
being heard and you can hardly see
him either, for he keeps too low to
be outlined against the starry skies.
So weird is his tremulous or qUaver-
ing cry that when I am awakened by
it 1 go out and drive the bird away.
1t is usually heard late in the sum-
mer.
In the daytime he sits straight up
on a limb or in the hollow of a tree,
blinking his eyes or swapping his
beak at some intruder.
The nest is in a hollow tree or in a
barn or church loft. The eggs num-
Der from four to six, and are white
and almost round.
Description: The sCreech owl is
about nine inches long with reddish
or grayish brown feathers, notified
with white his eyes are large, vel
low, having black pupils and the
beak is short and hOoked.-WiIl T.
Hs1a in Nashville Christian Adj
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
& R THE THRUST.

A lady had in her employ an ex-
cellent girl who had one fault. Hen
face was almost in a smudge. Her
mistress tried, without offending, to
tell her to wash her face, and at last
resorted to strategy.
"Do you know, Bridget" she re-
marked, in a confidential manner,
cit is said that if you wash the face
every day in hot, soapy water it will
make you beautiful"
"Will it?" said Bridget. "Sure,
it's a wonder ye niver tried it,
ma'am !"-Our Dumb Animals.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
sELF-CoRTRoL AS A FORCE IN THE
WORLD.

Strength is inoffensive. 1t takes
offense slowly, and gives ofense
seldom. Weakness it is which is
irritable. Because a man is peace
ably inclined and inOffensive, let it
not be thought that he is a weakling.
You press a pound of feathers tight
" enough together, and it will fall
On you as heavy as a lump of lead.
Power 80 hold in where others give
way usually means that there is a
deal of power to let out. There is
this kinship between good temper in
character and good temper in steel,
chat there is tremendous strength
In both of them. Bad temper is
never strong temper. If we once
ger ii Quaker to say, "Friend, thee
is not wanted here" we can be
pretty sure that the friend will not
get there. A steam boiler is more
elective than a teakettle just be-
cause it holds in more and does not
su--ter half sOmuch. The peaceable
things Of self-control are the power
FL, things of world actions. s.
L--a-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
80. 80 AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY.
@q&3-
FFN. C. Cotton Planters Association.
President-W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. G.
Secretary-Jno F. Allison, Concord, n. c.
N. c. TObacOo Growers, AssOcla:

n. C.. Tobacco Growers Association.
President-John s. Cunningham, Cunning.
hams, n. Q.
Vice-President-J. B. Phillips, Battleboro
N. Q.
Secretary-T. B. Parker, HillsbOrO, N 9.
Treasurer-W. B. Upchurch, MOrrisville, N. @.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Col. r. w. Wharton, Washington, N. c.; DR..
r. n. Speight, Wrendale, N. c.; r. H. Kicks,
Rocky Mount, N. c.; II. n. Knight, Eagle
Rock, N. c.; w. L. Kennedy, Falling Creek,
N. c.; Gen. T. F. TOon, LumbertOn, N. c.; DR..
Elias FuIp, FuIp, N. c.; w. L. BOuldin.
Archdale, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18

II s one of the severest tests of
ire1iship to tell a man of his faults.
% t. love d man that you can not
Pear 10 see the stain of sin upon him
tQ1 10 go to him alone and speak
Painful truths in touching, tender
is friendship, and a
gendship rare as it is precious.-H.
hastings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18

GA woman" said Mr.. Plattitood,
''can't keep a secret. Hugh - said
little Johnny, teacher KEEP me
workin' an hour on a ole example,
when she might have told me the
answer any time. indianapolis
Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18

4 well spent life-a life that is
pare that has been c~Onsecrated to
Alser.-le~--a life in which there has
not been turning a shade to the right
hand or the left hand, helps Us to
lie down with comfort upon our
DYING ned, to bid farewell to all,
an. leave behind us the legacy Of a
2r example, i which 9 do
H.. --.Iy. out give God the glory,
oil, + p which we thank His name.
0eE-- at the crOss-there is your
.sa-varon. Then go live like the
-ov--s Saviour. God help you to do
y. FIR Christ's sake. Amen.-C. H.
fpgr-eon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18

To Make Cows Pay, use Sharples Cream Separa-
tors. Book Business Dairying' q Cat. 285 free
w. Chester, Pa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
N. C. State Horticultural Society.

PRESIDENT. VanLindley, Pomona, Nc.
Vice-President-W. F. Massey, Raleigh.
Secretary and Treasurer-FrankIin Sherman
Raleigh.
District Vice Presidents-R. G. Simon, OIlen
Warren, ]. S. WestbrOok, o. W.. BlacknaIl,
d. E. Parker, c. r. B. Caldwell and DR.. Balm
sere.
Executive Committee-B. Won Herf, P. b.
Beck, ]. F. GuIiver, j. Van Lindley and Frank
in Sherman.
NJ c. Agricultural Experiment Station.
D~trector-George B. w. Kflgore, Raleigh,
N G.
Agriculturist-Benj. Irby, West Raleigh, NC.
Horticulturist-W. F. Massey, West Raleigh,
Professor of Animal H~usbandry-J. NJ. John
son, West Raleigh, N. c.
n. C. Crop Pest Commission.
s.. L. Patterson, Chm'n, Raleigh; DR.. Geo. T,
winston, Raleigh; J. Van LindIey, Pomona.
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
OFFICERS.
COMMISSIONERS. l.. Patterson.
Secretary-T. K. Bruner.
Assistant, in Charge of ImmigratiOn-J. W.
Thompson.
State Veterinarian -
State Chemist-B. w. KilgOre.
EntomolOgist and IBOtanist-Franklin Sher-
man.
Postomee address Of all officers, Raleigh,
Nc
n. C.. Swine Breeders Association.
President-J. NJ. johnson, West Raleigh,
NC.
Vic~e-President-C. c. Moore, Charlotte, n. c.
Secretary-Frank E. Emery, West Raleigh,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18
N. c. Swine Breeders, ASSOCIATION.

President-J. NJ. johnson, West Raleigh,
Nc.
Vice-President-C. c. Moore, Charlotte, n. {.
Secretary-Frank E. Emery, West Raleigh
n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18

deranged. Every Junction. is disturbed.
Appetite and digestion demOraHzed.
Creeping rigOrS, hot flashes, cold
SWeatS and ftfuI sleep Hnger to make
life almost unbearabLe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-18

EVen q slight attack of Ia grippe
sOWs the seeds of diSCOrd and degenera-
ton all through the system. Recovery
seems Impossible. The strength does
not return. The whole system seems
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-29
No Progress In the Senatorial
Contest.
FRANK STILL LEADS
The Fusion Forces-Powell County Bill
Passed BY the House.-Committee
Meetings.

Helena, Jan. 28.-Frank fell off two
votes today for short term senator.
There were several absentees. Walter
Cooper gained two, John Macginnis
lost three, Charles w. Hoffman and
w. G. Conrad held their own. Four
labor men in the house cast cOmpli-
mentary votes for Judge William
Clancy, of Butte. John Macginnis as
usual voted for Governor Toole. There
was no change from the slate in the
senate from Saturday, with the ex-
ception of Mahon, who voted for Mac
ginnis instead OF Conrad. Patterson,
who was absent Saturday, voted fo>
Mantle today. Frank lost Thorough
man, who voted for Cooper, and Toole,
who voted for Hoffman. In the house
Macginnis lost Connor Of Cascade,
Mcdonald, Quinn and Richardson, the
latter being paired with Lehman.
Cooper gained Fitzpatrick. as we'll as
Thoroughman in the house. The vote
Mantle 20; Frank %; Cooper 10; Mac
ginnis 8; Conrad 5; Hoffman 5;
Clancy 4; Toole l.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-29

ty. The land included in the area
sought to be added to lathead county
is particularly rlcn section There
are no finer grazing lands in the state,
and the land is also capable OF produc-
ing big crops of grain and fruit 1t
is peculiarly attractive spot and
would afford homes tor hundreds of
settlers if thrown open to the public.
1T is the purpose OF the commits
sion to lay before the department all
the facts that have developed in this
business. We are all of the opin-
ion that this land should be opened for
settlement and believe that eventual
ly it will be. But for the opposition
of the chiefs and head men. the segra-
cation could be brought about in the
near future. and the compensation for
the lands divided among the Indians
at this time would dothem more good
than the lands themselves, as but few.
as | said before. have any especial
benefits from them now If the gov
eminent should allot these lands anSi
then throw open the rmainder
of them to settlement the result woull
be to greatly increase the population
and wealth of that part of the state
in the next few years. Helena Her.
aid.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-29
IN A
SINGLE DAY
The Libby Montanian Sees
Bright Prospects
FOR THAT TOWN
R THAT TOWN
Renewed Mining Activity Several New
Mills to be Erected
to be Laid Out.

The Ooutlook for the future of Lib
by. South Libby and the whole dis
trict in general never was so bright IS
it is at present. The organization
of the Mother Lode company with a
capital of $2,0OO,OOO, and of the Cho-
teau Mining and Milling company, and
the West Fisher Gold Mining company
with 100000 capital each, respective
ly, has added considerable life to the
mining industry as has also the in
corporation of the Blackmail Mining
company, whose order for ten stamp
mill is already being filled at the foun-
dry. Then in the course of events
that are daily transpiring all of which
will add materially in the building up
of great mining camp in this wild
erness is the placer mining grounds
that will be regular annual producers
of wealth for years and years to come.
These are not all. In the early
spring the American kOotenai COM
pany will begin the operation of ten
stamp mill already constructed and
the Brick & Branagan mill which was
operated with much profit last season
Will be put in operation. There are
still other proposed works to be put
in besides the development Of hun
dreds Of promising quartz claims that
are already a matter Of record. Among
the proposed new mills to be built not
definitely decided upon but likely to
be built is stamp mill upon the prop
erty now owned and being developed
by w. A. Hills and Birmingham
Brothers which is said to be the rich
est quartz ledge in the West Fisher
district. The Burlinghams are. already
making their calculations shane ,lp
right for the transportation of their
saw mills to the district for the do,l-
BILE purpose of cutting the lumber for
that and other properties and furnish
ing the power for the m..4 to be built
on the properties next season.
With all these enterprises and more,
the building of the railroads, the plat
ting of townsites, the opening of vast
areas of timber lands, etc, all the
knockers in the country could scarce
| ly avert veritable boom for the Lib
| by district.
The next season will be the harvest
time for the toilers of the wilderness.
| The trail blazers of the forest will
reap their just reward. After years
of waiting fortunes will be made in
a single day.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-29
RlNGWALD WANTS HIS PAY.
Promised $4,000 From w. A. Clark for
Testimony at Washington. :.

Things are not as they We're in many
cases, and an evidence of this is given
in the suit which constable Harry
Ringwald of this city has instituted
in the district court at Helena against
Senator w. A. Clark and his son,
Charles w. Clark. To Great Falls
people who are aware of the close re-
lations which were said to have exist
ed between the parties to the suit
noe short year ago, the case will be Of
much interest says the Great Falls
Leader.
Ringwald, through his attorneys, r.
r. Purcell and G.. b. Nolan, COM
mences suit against w. A. Clark and
C. W. Clark to recover $9,750 alleged
to be due for services performed for
the defendants between Jan. and
April |, 1900. The plaintiff alleges
that the defendants agreed to pay him
$4,000 for the services, but have only
paid $3.50 and decline to pay the bal
ance.
In his complaint Ringwald says that
.'at the special instance and request
of the defendants, he rendered and
performed services for defendants, for
which services defendants promised
and agreed to pay plaintiff $4,000"
He admits having been paid $3.50, and
says the Clarks have repeatedly prom.
ised to pay the balance, but have ne
elected and refused to do so.
Ringwald gave testimony at the in
vestigation by the committee on priv,
ileges and elections of the senate to
the effect that Fred Whiteside had
told him prior to the celebrated $50,
900 exposure in the legislature that he
had scheme whereby he was going
to make $4,000 or 100000 out of tbs
people opposed to Clark. Ringwald's
testimony was quoted by Clark him
self before the senate in his speecl
in his own defense, and particular
stress laid upon it.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-29
WOOLF CAPTURED.
Murderer of Sheriff Sommers Taken
by Posse-TaIk Of Lynchina.

Murderer Of Sheriff Sonmers Taken
by Posse-TaIk Of Lynchine.
Butte, Jan. 26.-John Wolff, the
slayer of Sheriff Summers. of Madison
county, was caught at Conway's
ranch, in Madison county, at 9 a. m.
by a posse led by Thomas Whitney.
Wolff admitted the shooting, but gave
no reason for committing the deed.
1t SENS that Wolff stopped at the
ranch of William J. Ennis on Friday
night and asked permission to stop
over night. He had no hat or coat
but explained his condition by saying
that he had been bucked off by his
horse. Permission was given him
to stop over night but towards morn
ing he stole saddle horse and con
tinued his journey to Conways ranch.
Ennis heard of the shooting ami
Joined the posse.
Wolff reached the Conway ranch ana
slept IN haymOW. He had break
fast with Conway and was Just start
ing on his journey when he was met
by the posse and taken in.
There is much talk of lynching Wolff
but it is not thought it will amount
to much, although feeling runs very
high especially in Virginia City, where
Sheriff Sommers was a general fay
orte with everybody.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-29
Local Land Office Rules
Against the Government.
FAVOR OF SETTLERS
Right to Sell Timber from Homestead
Allowable Under Certain
Conditions.

The register and receiver of lhe
Missoula land Office yesterday filed
a decision in which the claim of the
government to cancel the claim of the
entry of Allen X. Grow on a quarter
section of land near Darby is denied,
says the Missoulian. The denial is
based on grounds of a report made by
Special Agent Horner, who reported
tnat before making the final proof on
his entry he had sold considerable
timber to a Hamilton lumber CON-
pany.
The local land office officials rule
that despite the fact that the evidence
shows that timber was sold, it is ap-
parent that the proceeds of the sales
We're used for improvements on the
claim and as the trac. is so plainly
more valuable as agricultural than
mineral, and that the entryman, Grow
has placed considerable land under
cultivation, the error of selling TIM
br is not one that should disqualify
Grow in his claim in accordance with
the decision the local officials recon-
mend the contest be dismissed.
a second contest brought by the
government to cancel the entry of w.
A. Grow who also resides near Darby
carried substantially the same COM
plants and was dismissed in favor
OF the settler Grow
Should the ruling of the local Off
Gals be confirmed, in the event of the
cases being brought to the general
land Office it will be a perecedent es-
tablished for the selling of timber on
homestead claims if the proceeds are
used for improvements of the claims
The officials of the Missoula United
States land office have declined to per-
nit the selection of quarter section
OF land on a war bounty patent issued
to b. Pond and assigned, on the
grounds that the bounty is only apple
able to the selection of private entries,
under which act there are left lands
in the state of Missouri remaining.