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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11

reduced from four cents to one cent
a bUshel.
That the inventive skill of the
country will lead to still further de-
vices to save labor and cheaper pro-
duction cannot be doubted. Not
only will existing machinery be
greatly improved, but new appliances
will be brought into use, and me-
chanioal agencies be employed for
such operations of the farm rs r
still dependent on animal or manual
labor.
The economy with which an cleo
trio current can be conveyed from
place to place, together with that
prospective extension of rural trolley
lines to which / shall presently refer,
will undoubtedly establish electricity
as the motive power for farm opera
tons, and that without any consider
able preliminary extension of the
use OF steam. While the improved
facilities that will thus be brought
into use will for a time be found only
on the larger farms, the economy of
their operation will be so manifest,
and the farmer who shall continue
to rely on present methods will be at
so great a disadvantage as compared
with his neighbor, that a farm not
equipped with electrical machinery
will be a curiosity within fifty years.
The question of transportation,
although not strictly an agricultural
question, has a most important bear
ing on the farm industry. Amazing
as have been the developments in
the facilities for the transportation
of farm products, especially perish
able products, to market, they will
be greatly extended and improved.
The multiplication of trolley lines
will bring the mea of rapid transit,
as we'll as a new motive power, to
almost every farmers door.
Already we see the beginning of
the new order in the hundreds of
miles of trolley lines in New England,
in the lines connecting various i'm,
pOrtant cities in Ohio and Indiana,
the line running from Chicago to
Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the line
which lacks only some. two or three
short links from Washington to Bos.
ton. All these traverse agricultural
districts, and are destined to play an
important part not only in rural
economy, but also in the social econ,
Omy of the rural districts.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11
Miscellaneous
o. K.

The expression 80. K" is attri-
buted to President jackson VINO is
said to have written 80. K" for ''all
correct" spelling it "Cll k0rrect -
The letters are now used very gener
ally throughout the United States to
signify that all is correct. Elsewhere
in this issue we show an illustration
in connection with which the letters
80. K" are used The picture
shows a farmer providing himself
with the best binder in she world.
With the machine he is buying he
will have no difficulty in harvesting
bis grain crops successfully, and any
farmer could we'll afford 10 initiate
this man For many years tue farm
er Wa G mpeI.ed TO resort 10 uurd
labor IN harvesting his grain and
grasses that was the age Of the
~icE}e and sythe. McCOrmick's in
venJlOns have removed that burden,
an / in comparison with the old way
harvest work now is not irksOme.
neither is it drudgery. One man
with a Mccormick machine can do
the work of fifteen or twenty men.
IL you haven't a Mccormick, call on
the Mccormick agent in your locality
or write at once to the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago,
u. S. A mentioning this paper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11
NOTICE OF MOTION TO DISTRIBUTE
PROCEEDS OF SALE.
MYTH WITH o82F4 Superior Court,
Before w. M. Russ, G. S. G.
H. V. BUNCH, ct ais, Plaintiffs,
VS..
w. A. PULLEY, ct ais, Defendants.

The nonresident defendants in the above
entitled special proceedings, to wit, the chill
dren and descendants of James Scarborough,
deceased, and persons interested in his estate,
their names being unknown, will take notice
that a motion has been made in the said pro-
ceedings to distribute the shares OF the said
non-residents in the proceeds of sale of the land
Described IN the complaint among the plain
tiffs and defendants in said proceedings, and
that in consequence of said motion the Court
has made an ORDER that advertisement for
six weeks be made for the said nonresident
defendants in some newspaper published in
Raleigh, North Carolina, and pursuant to said
order the said nonresident defendants, the
children and descendants and persons inter
ested in the estate of James Scarborough, de-
ceased, are hereby required to appear and an
swer or demur to the these proceedings on
Monday, the first day of July, at the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court for Wake
County,, in Raleigh, North Carolina, or be adj
judged to be dead and their shares adjudged to
be the property of the plaintiffs and defen-
dants named in said proceedings and heirs of
said nOn-residents. w. NJ. RUSS,
Clerk Superior Court for Wake County.
May 8, 1901.
EEL & MAYNARD,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
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500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased IN
learn that there is at least one dreaded Siceaee
that science has been able to cure in ali itS
stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls Cafarr6
Curei is the only positive cure known to the med
ical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutions
disease, requires q constitutional treatment
HaIPs Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, and giving the patient strength
nature in doing its work. The proprietors 6ave
SO much faith in its curative powers, that thew
oher One Hundred Dollars for any case that Il
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials,
Address, F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo O..
~ Sold bv Druggists, 75c.
Hsll's Family Pills are the best.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11
Living Issues.
GLIMPsEs INTO THE FUTURE OF AGRI-
CULTURE.

What Changes in American Farming VIII
Occur During the Next Fifty Yearsl-VieWs
Of Hon. John Hyde, statistician of the u
8. DEPARTMENT of Agriculture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
On Death and Burial.

Be not solicitous after pomp at my
burial nor use any expensive funeral GER
emony.
That man were better forgotten who
had nothing of greater moment to regis
ter his name by than a grave.
Neither can | apprehend a tombstone
to add so great weight of glory to the
dead as it doth of charge and trouble to
the living.
Uuquietness importunes living body
more than ceremony can advantage one
that is dead.
Death if he may be guessed at by his
elder brother, Sleep, cannot be so terri
BILE a messenger, being not without much
ease, If not some voluptuousness. Be
sides, nothing in this world is worth COM
ing from the house top to fetch it, much
less from the deep grave, furnished with
all things because empty Of Desires
Francis Osborne l1593- 1859.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
Boston and the West.

Boston to the really and truly Bos
tonian is the actual hub of the universe
said q man who has been there and got
away, land Bostonians look upon New
York as quite beyond the pale. Recent
" spent week there. and, calling one
day at a friends house on Beacon HILL
asked the hostess If her husband was
at home.
"'Oh,' she replied. as If rather asham-
ed Of disclosing his whereabouts and will
ing to offer apologies therefor. he has
gone west
"'Gone westT asked in some aston.
ishment. He didn't say anything OF II
to me at the club last night
"'He did not know at that time that
he was going
"Tndeed? How far west has he gone I
Not to the PacifcT
"Oh, no; only to New York. she re
sponded in all seriousness. He was call
ed there unexpectedly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
THE BRIDEGROOM WAS LATE.
why He Arrived Tous1ed and Cow
cred With CObweba.

cred with CObWeDSo
zone of the most embarrassing situa-
tons l ever saw" remarked a gentleman
at one of the hotels, twas at big we'd
ding celebration at one of the large
churches in southern city several years
ago. 1t was the event, socially, of the
season, and the church was filled with
bellies and beaus. The bride and bride
groom were among the most popular of
the social set. The young lady was the
very essence of grace in all things. But
the man who had won her was one of the
most awkward specimens of humanity
had ever seen. He was simply built that
way. He looked it. He walked more
like a camel than any human being
have ever seen. He was the kind Of fell
low, too, who was always laundering ex-
cept in business. In business he was as
keen as they made them, and among the
older men in the commercial community
he was held up as a splendid example
of the young manhood of the time.
"But, getting back to the wedding, the
wise, whispering folk who generally look
after such things had arranged for the
affair in the most popular church Of the
city, and in spite of his protests they had
made it a trife more elaborate than he
had even expected. They had arranged
for the bride and a number of attendants
to approach the altar from the front part
of the church, and 1870 was the time ex-
actly when the meeting between bride
and bridegroom should take place at the
altar.
'',The bridegroom was to come from the
back of the church. The organ Numbered
forth the usual strains, and the pretty
bride walked down the aisle toward the
altar with the attendants. They reached
the altar 1t was 1870 p. M, on the last
tick of the half hour. The bridegroom
was not there. All eyes turned to the
door through which he was to enter. But
it never opened, and the seconds seemed
to lengthen into centuries. 1t was awful.
The brides face flushed, and she was
rapidly weakening under the trying wait.
Five minutes nearly had passed, when
the door was flung open and the embar-
raised bridegroom entered. His face, too,
was flushed, his hair was touseled and
disamanged his gloves and shirt front
were soiled and, in fact, he was literally
covered with cobwebs and dust. But he
had the smile of victory on his face when
he broke through the door, and every
DOuy SEEMED 10 ne dluuOSC III uuulor 10
applaud.
"After the ceremony he explained why
it was that he did not arrive on time.
The yard behind the church was not well
lighted. A huge organ box had been
placed up close to the church, and it was
one of the boxes with a folding door that
swung on hinges. In his excitement and
hurry he had opened this door and had
walked into the organ box, and before he
could get his bearings he had managed to
undo all the little tidy arrangements he
had made for the occasion, and this ac-
counted for the dust and the cobwebs
which chung to his hair and clothing when
he rushed into the church. New Or
leans Times Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01

To dwarf trees as the Chinese do you
must follow their methods. They take a
young plant, say a seeding or a cutting
of cedar when about two or three inches
high, cut off its taproot as soon as it
has enough other rootlets to live upon
and repant it in a shallow pot or pan, al
lowing the end of the taproot to rest up
on the bottom of the pan. Alluvial clay
nodded to the size of beans and just suiii-
cient in quantity to furnish scanty
nourishment is thenN put into the pot.
Water, heat and light are permitted on
the same basis.
The Chinese also use various mechanic
al contrivances to promote symmetry Of
growth. AS, owing to the shallow pots,
both top and roots are easily accessible,
the gardener uses the pruning knife and
the soaring iron freely. So that the little
tree hemmed on every side eventually
gives up the unequal struggle and, con-
tenting itself with the little life left,
grows just enough to live and look well.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
The Blood In the Brain.

Too much blood in the brain is a fire.
ouent cause of headaches. Pains are
felt all over the head. the face becomes
flushed, the temples throb and strong
light or noise causes excruciating pain.
In cases of this kind the sufferer should
be careful in diet and should not eat meat
oftener than once a day.
Too little blood in the brain is another
cause of headache. 1t is recognized by
dizziness, noises in the ears and pains on
top of the head. The best stimuant is a
cup of strong tea or coffee or a bowl OF
soup. People who suffer with these head
aches should sleep with their heads low.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
INSPECTED BY AN INSPECTOR.
Just the Man the Montana POstmas
ter Had Been Looking For.

Just the Man the Montana POstmas-
ter Had Been Looking For.
Omaha was headquarters for this en-
tire district years ago. The chief in
spector there was informed that a post
master in Montana was not sending in
reports of his Office receipts, etc. Re-
peated letters and warnings had no ef-
feet. The postmaster was silent.
At length the indignant chief detailed
Inspector Furay to proceed to Montana
and investigate the strange silence. Aft
err a long and tedious ride by rail and
stage Furay arrived at the provoking
postoffice. There were two dwellings in
the town and but two men. One of the
small houses was stocked with few dry
goods, groceries and general merchandise.
Furay entered and saw lone, lank indi-
vidual on top of counter. Furay asked
where the postoffice was.
Fright hyar," said the tall man, puff
ing his cob pipe.
WHO is the postmaster?" asked Flu
ray.
81 be-" was the Indifferent response.
rs there any mail here for me? My
name is Furay."
"Luk yonder fer y'rself," responded
the postmaster, with another puff at his
pipe, and he pointed to a box at the other
end of the counter. The inspector did SO
and then asked If the postal business
there was always conducted In such a
manner.
"Why, suttinly," said the lank smoker.
The inspector then announced himself
and proceeded in vigorous terms to state
the law regarding the handling of mail
and the absurdity of allowing people to
pick out their own letters.
What yer goin to do about it?" que
ried the postmaster calmly.
The inspector stated sharply that II
necessary he could revoke the postmas-
ter's commission at once, etc.
"Could yer take this hyar offs away
from me immediatelyT asked the post
master in surprise.
"Of course l could" replied the in
spector tartly. eff you had read the reg.
ulations, you'd know that
"Waal." said the postmaster, straight
on his hip pocket in a suggestive way
"waal, I'll jes' give yer ten minutes to
take it away, then. Yer the Teller I've
been awaitin fer six years. Now | kin
git rid of this hyar burned postoftis. an
I'll do it. Take it away. Mr.. Inspector
If yer value health an happiness. Aft
er six years I'll git shut of this offs
Hooray! Now be quickn'
Arguments were futile. Furay took
it away, and as the only other man in
town profanely declined the honor of be
ing postmaster the inspector discontinued
the office, which accommodated but eight
people.-Denver Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
Kinder Than His Pop.

"Say, pop, you know Mr.. Johnson
cross the street," asked 8-year-old Tom
my Cross.
Yes; know him most as well as l do
you," replied the elder Cross.
"Well, he's got four beauteous ponies
in his barn"
"Well?"
"An you know Jimmy Placer
"Yes.'
"Jimmy's awful smart. He says you
can take a bunch of beeswax an push it
into the keyhole of the lock in the barn
an take away the hole, SOS you can make
a key that will fit it, see?"
ooh, is that so?'
"Yep. An Jimmy's father makes bull
lets out of lead, an he can take the lead
an make key, an what do you expect|
"Well, with an enterprising lad like
Jimmy ! should think that after taking
away the hole he'd go back and get the
barn"
"Nope; but he's going to take out the
ponies some dark night, an, say, pop, he's
going to give me one. That's more than
you'd do for me-"
Hun! Guess it is."-New York Mail
and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01

The profit of gold mine depends, not
on the amount of rock crushed under the
stamps but upon the amount of gold which
can be extracted from the rock. In a
similar way the value of the food which
is eaten does not depend on the quantity
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the amount of nourishment extracted from
it by the organs of nutrition and digestion.
When these organs are diseased they fail
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The result is heart trouble, liver
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01

The Academy prints the following list
Of titles from an alleged book catalogue:
'"The Double Thread" uncut; ''The His
tory of China" quaint plates; '"The Man.
tie of Elijah" cloth, hardly soiled; "Mr.
Sponge's Sporting Tour," badly foxed;
lie Jardinier Francais," Plantin press;
"The Compleat Angler" front missing;
History of the Sword" many cutsi
"Don Quixote," original old calf; "Por-
trait of Lady," name on title page;
frederick the Great" wants two pages;
Beyond the Dreams of Avarice," %.
3d.; Success In Journalism" splendid
CODY.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
DOES 1T PAYf

Does it pay, wonder, to toll for gold
Till the back is bowed and bent
TIL the heart is old and the hair is white
And LIES best days are spent,
Till the eyes are blind with the yellow dust
That we strive for day by day,
Till all we hear is the coins dull clink,
wonder does it pay?
Does it pay, | wonder, to strive for naught
But the pleasures life will give,
To dance all night and to dream all day,
To be merry while we live;
To work and worry and fume and fret
Over what we shall wear today,
What we shall eat and what we shall drink,
/ wonder does it pay?
Does 1t pay, wonder, to give our strength
The treasures of heart and brain,
The gift of the gods and the skill of hand
For that which brings no gain;
To labor for that which is bread alone
And the things that pass away,
Till the heart is full of an aching void,
l wonder does it pay9
Does it pay, wonder, to never stop
In the ceaseless rush and care
And list to the songs of bird and brook
Or wander through woodlands fair;
To never think of what lies beyond
The narrow sphere of today,
Till the new life dawns on our untried souls
! wonder does it payG
-Inez May Felt in Somerville Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01

A little girl from the east end slum was
invited with others to a charity dinner
given at a great house in the west end
of London. In the course of the meal
the little maiden startled her hostess by
propounding the query:
"Does your husband drink?"
"Why, no." replied the astonished lady
of the house.
After moments pause the miniature
querist proceeded with the equally be-
wildering questions:
"How much coal do you burn? What
is your husbands salary? Has he any
bad habits"
By this time the presiding genius Of the
table felt called upon to ask her humble
guest what made her ask such strange
questions.
"Well," was the innocent reply.
mother told me to behave like a lady,
and when ladies call at our house they
always ask mother those questions. -
London Spare Moments.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01

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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
A Chronic GrumbIer.

Charles Lamb tells of chronic grum-
bier who always complained at whist be-
cause he had SO few trumps. By some
artifce his companions managed to deal
him the whole IL, hoping to extort some
expression of satisfaction. but he only
looked more wretched than ever as he
examined his hand.
"WelI, Tom" said Lamb, haven't you
trumps enough this timer
EYES," grunted Tom, 'but I've no 9th
or cards"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01

The battle of Dettingen, in Bavaria. G:
the 10th (27th o. s. June, 1743, betwccH
the British, Hanoverian and Hessai
troops $4,000 mem, under command {
George II, and the French troops 10000
mem, under Marshal Noaillcs, which II
suited in the victory of the allied troops
was the last occasion on which an Eng
fish king fought on the battlefield. II:,
majesty continued the whole time in til,
heat of all the action. which was said b!
those who witnessed it to have been a..
fierce a conflict as had ever been known.
On the morning of the battle the king
appeared in the same red coat he had
worn at Oudenarde, 80 years before tax
ing his place at the head of the seven
battalions of guards. About noon he or
dered q general advance and during the
movements it entailed he was very nearly
taken by the enemy, but was rescued by
the Twenty second regiment, who, in re
membrance, wore a sprig of oak in their
caps upon the anniversary of the battle
for many years Observation-Disclosures.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
LOVE is NOT BLIND.

Love is not blind but sees through all disguise,
And that is why we hear from day to day
OF odd engagements, causing much surprise,
And weddings passing strange in every way
''What can she see in him? the critics say.
Love is not blind, but sees through all disguise
IT'S those who cannot use his Roentgen ray
At whom love laughs and leaves them to sur
mise
find in you what all true lovers prize;
You find in me all was meant to be.
Love is not blind, but sees through all disguise
And finds the charm-compatibility.
And so when comes the day that we are wed
Well smile at those who think themselves
more wise
And live to prove the truth Of what we've said
Love is not blind, but sees through all disguise.
Good Housekeeping.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-01
The Owl In History.

The owl was in former times generally
regarded as an omen of misfortune or
death; but as the Egyptians represented
Minerva under the form of an owl the
Athenans, who were under the care of
this goddess, looked upon the appear
ance of the owl as a favorable omen. 1t
therefore formed upon the ancient coins
referred to the symbol OF Athens and her
foreign possessions. The Chinese and
the Tartars have also held the owl in
high esteem. The first named used to
wear owls feathers in their caps, and
some Tartar tribes still worship idols
made like owls