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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

A mistake is too often made in
using d whip on a spirited horse.
Within my own knowledge there
have been several good young horses
of high mettle, spoiled for true pull
ing by being whipped when stalled.
1t pays well to be careful of the
horses, especially the young horses
it is not wise to make them pull by
whipping them. [ don't believe it
was ever intended that man should
rule over the horse by mere brute
force. To whip a stalled horse
usually results in a bad horse. In
very many cases it is the cause of
their first baking. About nine men
in. ten will whip a horse that has
baked. Put yourself in his place
P. B. Meyer, WoOdfOrd, Va.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

"When a progressive farmer, by
the use of improved implements and
good teams can grow 100 acres of
corn or cotton, how can d farmer
compete who does his work with a
single mule and an old time plow
cultivating twenty five acres?" asks
Farm and Ranch.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

seemed to brace him up amazingly, and
IN low whining voice, but now well
above whisper, he went on.
Yer father was Judge Donald Fisher
OF Fishers Corners near Staunton in
Narslnny, He an his brother-Major
duncan twas afterwards, kim in thar
when they wuz boys long o. yer gran
father, who come the time Squire Bur
den got the big grant from Lord Hall
FAX. That grant O. five hundred thou
sand acres l mean. Never heerd O.
that, did We. No. OF course We hain't
Well, I'll tell We bout it an all yer
people SOS to relieve yer mind. I tell
We right now though"-here the old
wolhsh glitter came back into his eyes
we'd never got it outen me by
Whippin, ner yet by burnin'. Ye look
TOO much like yer uncle, the major
when yer make threats. Damn him
anyway! But you be yer fathers own
BOY. Thar amt any use o. denyin' that
rms takin' care O. me, is one o. his
Tricks all over agin. 1 remember well
the time he sent his own doctor to pick
the slugs outen my ole dads hack
what the ole man got from a gun in
the hands O. one O. the judges niggers
When the ole man was totin off a hos
one night. Wasn't nothin' compelled
him to do that fer he wuz judge o. thai
deestrict an sides, nobodyd made any
fuss eff the ole man had a died. Same
down thar, as he wuz up here in the
valley-jest ornery an no count.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

thief. and I'm his breed. Yes! I'm his
breed"
'Whatd you steal, Benz" I inquired
gravely, as he lay staring at me.
| GU know, Major. You know! Don't
hector me an look at me like that!
I'm afeard enough o. you already. MY
dad made me do it"
l questioned him further, but he
made no reply above his breath The
next night he was more violently de-
lirfous than before. The disease had
now reached that frightful stage when
the patient is an object of horror as
we'll as pity. He could but just see out
of his swollen eyes, but 1 noticed that
he kept them on me as I sat between
him and the freight.
| on! l see We a settin' thar Major!
But I've kim back. I'd shoot We whar
ye set eff 1 dared, but 1 dassent I'll
steal the cub though. That's the way
I'll fix we. 1 amt nothin' agin' Miss
Sally, but I don't know no other way.
/ Barbie1l do what tell her." Here his
voice dropped to whisper. "Barbie!
Barbie! Air We ever comm? Hurry
up gal! Oh! We got i'm! Put yer
hand over his mouth. Be keerful! The
majors lookin' this way! Be keerful!"
turned my head from him. There!
Climb in! He's lookin' the other way
now!" After a long interval of silence
he muttered again. AN so ye're goin'
back on me, be we, Barbie? Yer a dom
it fer the cub. Ye're a fool to stay here
an let the ole man abuse We. Let's
take the cub and dig out. Ben here in
the Mohawk valley long enough. OH
ye're 'fraid to go inter the Injun coun-
try, be We? Wanter stay here? Wall,
stay! I know I ruined away from We
once, but I'm younger'n he is. He
amt good to ye? Wall! I'll kill him."
Then he fell asleep to lay quiet for an
hour. At the end of that time he sud-
denly started up again. He was now
the most repulsive looking object 1 have
ever seen. 1T amt you, Major! No!
It's Quedar. He looks more like you
than he does like his dead dad. His
daddy never'd let we lick me. Major
The Judge wouldn't a let We. OH It's
you is it, Quedar?" His swollen fea-
lures here contorted while that pc
culiar mirthless laugh came from be-
tween his swollen lips. "Ye're a set
tin thar before the fire. jest's yer uncle
ulster do. Ye don't know who done fer
the ole man, do ye? I fixed him! He
misused Barbie! He Dragged on it, he
did Wouldn't gimme them papers! I
fixed him. Git out thar, Hans DiehI!
Git back Git away from me! It's
yer spook! Ye can't fool mel It's yer
spook! No live man could run round
here an grin like that, with a spear
stuck thro his gizzard. Git out! Oh,
murder! He's got holt O. mel Helpi
Helpi"
Here caught his hands as he strug-
gled weakly, and looking at me he lay
quiet to soon close his eyes and fall
asleep. This was the worst night he
had. and I could see that the disease
had turned, OF was about to, when
morning came. However. he was so
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Sunday Spy of July 28.)
forced some of the liquor down him,
went to the lake, a fourth of mile
south, to catch some fish. 1 was but a
few minutes in catching a fine pair of
pickerel, and with them returned to the
cabin to find my prisoner sitting up and
babbling in delirium, while the pimples
that had so alarmed me in the morn
ing, now brought out by the liquor, had
increased to a dark red angry looking
pustule, which, from what had heard
of the disease, I felt sure indicated
smallpox.
"Welli Whatever it is" I unused,
hes a human being and so am l."
did not then know that 1 had had the
disease when a child, even before this
wretch had stolen me from my parents,
and my fears were now greater than
any I had ever before experienced,
think Nevertheless, I determined to
stick ny my prisoner and as this cab
in seemed as comfortable a place as
any near at hand, I prepared for a
long siege. Rummaging about in the
loft I came upon some cooking uten-
sis, a number of wool shirts, and a
small quantity Of wheaton flour and
corn meal The week that followed was
one of the most tedious l ever exper-
should brew a strong cathartic for
myself, as I had heard that was the
best way of avoiding this dread dis
ease, and what with my hunting, fish
ing and nursing was nearly worn out.
There was an abundance of small game
and fish, and the third morning l shot
a small doe, one of three, so we had
plenty to eat, or rather 1 did. Beacraft
ate nothing but Cruel of birds and -four,
and later took nothing but liquor. He
was too weak to speak above a whisper
except in his worst delirium 1 had
all along watched him in the hope of
catching some inkling of the secret 1
so desired, but only twice did he seem
living over the scenes of that mystery.
Then his deliFium was frightful. The
first Of this nature came the third night
of our stay.
"Oh, Majori Don't have the niggers
whip met he would Shrek as he at
tempted to arise from his couch. This
he screamed several times, and then
covering next the logs, he whined in a
pitiful. weak voice: You say twill
larn me better but 'twon't. My dad he
larned me 1t. Hans Diehl was horned
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(This story was begun in TIL

GINS SIOTy NdS DGS III III L he
ST haven't fully decided, I replied,
''but 1 think 1 shall roast you, until
you give up that secret of yours.
What secret?" I made no reply and
he went on:
81 hain't gin it up yet?" he inquired
anxiously.
I shook my head.
st wuz afeard I might with this
cussed fever on me. I tell ye right now,
We kin skin me alive an we won't git
it,"
Wen see about that" I returned.
Gust as soon as 1 get you out of this
Indian country, we'll see. You're sick
now, and 1 can't hurt a sick man." He
closed his eyes and made no reply.
Finally he opened them again and as I
finished eating, lay looking at me.
What We a done, eff 1 hadn't
walked?"
"Oh! I'd carried you maybe. You're
light
Course We! knowed We would" he
muttered. Then he seemed to fall
asleep. I crawled under the blanket
beside him, and we both slept until
morning. I awoke to find him very i'll.
He was so weak that do what would
I could not make him walk. 1t was
GNluGnL Lldl MS WedhllGSS was LOl
sumed. l was also greatly alarmed as
I noted small red elevations of the skin
on his face and neck here and there,
hardly noticeable to the sight, but
plain to the touch. 1t might be measles.
1t might be something worse. At all
events he was sick and helpless. I
could not leave him in that condition.
That day I carried him on my back IA
miles, as 1 judged, and a hard days
work 1t was. He seemed to lie in a
stupor in the blanket, with which 1
fastened him to my back. This night
reached an abandoned log cabin near
the north end of Skaneateles Lake. In
the peak Of an clubhouse nearby found
a pack of peltry, and in the centre of
this some fishing tackle and a two
quart case Of rum. Had this cabin been
near the trail, which ran east and west
farther north, and which I was all
my route avoiding, this find Of mine
must have long before been taken by
some Of the numerous parties passing,
but fortunately for me, it was not.
With the skins made him as comfor-
table a bed as 1 could, and having
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AA4
CHAPTER JXXI1.
BEACRAFT SPEAKS.

/ cannot as I would, convey to you
the thoughts that possessed me as sat
there on that bleak fall afternoon
awaiting Beacraft's return from the
mysterious land of dreams. My eyes
hardly left his face. Several times
was frightened nearly out of my WIS
by the fear that he had ceased BREATH
ing. In truth, he did at times seem
more like a dead man than live one
Owing to the election Of the nasal pas
sages ever an accompaniment OF TINS
dread disease, he seemed unable 10
breathe through his nose, and lay WIN
open mouth At times he gurgled ana
half strangled in his efforts to get
breath. At other times and especially
after one of those strangling periods,
he drew in a deep breath and with
sigh like that accompanying death, eX-
PEELED it. Then for a space or min
ute he would lie without motion and II
seemed as If he never would eaten
breath again. Just as twilight was re-
minding me that 1 must soon light a
torch or sit in darkness, he suddenly
awoke. He was much better. L could
see that and felt greatly encouraged. l
gave him a drink and some Cruel, for
which he seemed grateful. After that L
fixed his bed so that he lay easier.
Then he closed his eyes and thought
his sleeping. He was not, however, for
1 soon saw tears forcing themselves out
upon his swollen cheeks and running
down each side his narrow temples.
Suddenly he opened his eyes:
Yer names Fisher. Did 1 tell We?
1 lied that time 1 said 'twuz Ehlerson.'
mo. You didn't tell me exactly. Bea-
craft. 1 inferred as much though, from
what you said awhile back-before you
slept. And so my father was judge?'
"Yesser! An good one, too. Eff
he'd a lived. might a ben diffrunt
from what be. But that amt the
story. Gimme a little O. that firewa-
ter. vii: ye? I'm weaker'n a cat?"
I mixed him a generous allowance,
and slowly fed it to him from a wooden
spoon which I had whitfield out. It
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

weak, the next three days, and lay in
a stupor so much of the time, that
feared for his life. Indeed, 1 hardly
hoped to pull him through. Not once
did he speak aloud, and at times he
seemed hardly breathing. / forced
nourishment down his throat and made
the best fight for his life could. The
eleventh morning Of our stay, after a
sleep of several hours, l awoke sud
| denly to find him lying there with open
eyes, looking at me. Much as l had
thought hated the wretch now found
| myself greatly moved at his apparent
| improvement.
THANK God! You're betteri" I ex-
claimed fervently, and it was with a
voice of sincere pity that l asked him
how he felt. He made no answer for a
space of several minutes Then he
| asked weakly enough:
Whats ben ailin' me?"
Small poxi" / replied briefly.
AN you ben a tendin' of me?"
give done the best 1 could alone
these two weeks past"
! you look like a shadder. What'o
we take the trouble ter nuss me fer%
| why! I'd have done as much fol
one of my friends and why shouldn't
1 for my worst enemy?"
Think I'm go1n' to pull through
Quedar?"
why! I hope so. The worst of the
disease is over, but you're so weak
However, as soon as you're able tt
travel, I'm going to carry you wher'
; you can get better treatment
"Ye'd better let me die. They'll hans
| me down at the settlements"
well! Then I won't take you there
| The fact of the matter is, Beacraft, In
going to stand by you until you're abl'
to care for yourself. If you were wei
and strong, I'd take you out and til
: you up and whip you, until you"
. mo We wouldn't. You're more lik'
yer father, than yer uncle the majo
| was. 1 been looney, but ben watchin
We jest the same. 1 kim ter that con
clusion fore 1 lost my wits. Yer judge
Fishers own boy, even if We have go
the looks O. that brute of a major. II
tell We all about it bymeby Pm-Tn
tired now" And his swollen lids drop
ped. He slept.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
PRESIDENTS FUNERAL

Among the undertakers of the country
much interest is taken in the accurate
account of the funeral arrangements OF
President Mckinley, as printed in the
October issues of the undertaking trade
! journals. AS a matter of justice to the
Buffalo undertakers who were given
charge of the Presidents body, mention
is made in the "Casket'' of the long delay
that occurred between the time of the
Presidents death. o'clock in the morn
ing and the conclusion of the autopsy
late in the afternoon, at which time the
process of embalming was begun. The
autopsy was a very complete one all the
organs of the body, including the brain,
being examined. The work of the physi-
clans during the autopsy, together with
the effect upon the face of the taking of
a plaster paris death mask, are given as
reasons for the discoloration that ap-
peared upon the Presidents features by
the time the body reached Washington.
The casket used was of red cedar, hand
carved and covered with black broad
cloth. It was selected by Senator Marcus
A. Hanna. who, after consulting with the
immediate members of the Presidents
family decided in favor of the casket
been given for one of solid mahogany with
polished surface.
In Washington the funeral director was
]. w. Lee. who has OBLIGATED at most of
the funerals of Importance in that city.
The beautiful funeral hearse used was a
richly hand carved eight column vehicle
with glass sides and a double roof Of
mosque design. The horse was drawn nv
six black horses. netted and plumed and
led by colored grooms in livery dress. II
was one of the three magnificent funeral
cars lately built to order by a hearse
building firm in Rochester, N Y who
sold one to the Washington undertaken
another to Callahan Brothers of Worces,
ter. and the other was sent to Louisville,
XIV.
The hearse referred to as coming IN
Worcester was bought by the Worcester
undertakers this summer and has AZ
tracted considerable attention in passing
through the streets of the citv
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
AStounded the Editor

Editor S. A. Brown of Bennettsville.
S. c.. was once immensely surprised,
Through long suffering from Dysnen.
sia," he writes. my wife was ereativ
run down. She had no strength or
vigor and suffered great distress from
her stomach, but she tried Electric
Bitters which helped her at once and
after using four bottles, she is entirely
well. can eat anything. It's a grand
tonic. and its gentle laxative Qualities
are splendid for torpid liver" For In
digestion. Loss of Appetite. Stomach
and Liver troubles it's a positive, guar
anteed cure. Only SOC at Brewer & Cos
Drug Store.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
Sly House Lots at Auction

The subscriber, living out Of the city ana
T9f SS5AS OCT. s. 1901, at Il o'clock a.
m = On the premises, on Southbridge Street
col Commencing at the junction Of South.
bTidee and College Streets, in the City OF
yvoresster six desirable house lots, stu
ated on the easteriy side of southbridgs
Street. and formerly known as the J.
Bovden estate. These lots contain from
$40 feet to $3.50 feet each. The above be.
ing on the line of two electric roads ana nc
within three or four minutes walk OF t u
large Garnet manufacturing. establisn-
meTts. make them valuable to buy for a
home or Investment. And being In a
neighborhood where tenements are IN
good demand by good paying tenants ana
where land is increasing in value every
day. parties looking for lots will do wen
to attend this sale, as the parties mean
business and are bound to sell. For par
ticulars INQUIRE of the auctioneer. Terms
at sale; SIS down on eaen lot at SAFE
Philadelphia, Pa.
H NJ. CLEMENCE, A'~St. OS'o
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
Low Rates to MINNEAPOLIS

On Oct. 8, 8, II and Is, the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
will sell tickets from Buffalo to Mime
apolis and return at one fare for the
round trip. Write to H. ]. Rhein,
General Eastern Agent, 297 Main
Street, Buffalo. N. Y. for information.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
No Tariff Revision,

Senator Allison of Iowa in an in-
terview expresses the opinion that
there will be no attempt to generally
revise the tariff in the new Congress,
but he is not certain whether or not
the tariff question will be seriously
agitated.
"The House," he says, "must take
the initiative in such matters, and ii
the House does not act the Senate
will not be called on to consider the
question. 1t is not worth while to
discuss what the Senate will do when
it may not have the matter before it.
can understand that popular senti-
ment will endorse the proposition
that American manufactures should
not sell their products abroad at low
er prices than they sell them to the
American people; but that question
is not new one. Some years ago,
on the motion of Senator Vest, we
had an investigation ofthe assestion.
He quoted prices at which agricultur-
al implements were sold in BuenOs
Ayres to prove that the people OF the
Argentine Republic were obtaining
those implements atalower rate than
the American farmer paid. We found
that it was true that the wholesale
dealers of Buenos Ayres did pay less
for plows and harvesters than was
charged in this country, but we also
found that he had to bear the cost Of
distribution so that by the time the
machines passed through two or three
hands and freight had been paid
they cost as much to the individual
consumer as to the American farm
er. The manufacturers did nothing
but ship the goods to Buenos Ayres
so that the expense was very light
eff this tariff matter comes before
the Senate, we will have to 90 over II
carefully and see whether Mr.. Bah
cocks plan will correct the evil which
it seeks to remedy. do not believ
it is a question to settle off-hand
neither do believe that the tariff ha
as much to do with the trusts as Mr.
Babcock supposes."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
The Waterbury Copper Mine.

Mr.. Editor:-
The Carrie Mary copper mine is now
back in the hands of the former own
er, as the lease on the mine expired
June 10. The officers of the company
failed to fulfill the contract with the
owner Of the land on which the mine
is located.
The thite is now being visited by en-
perts who have been in business for
years and they say: "This is one of
the best mines inthe state" Specimens
OF the ore are being taken and sent to
differ ent companies in the United
States to be examined.
The previous company went to a
depth of rs feet, and by going % feet
more good paying ore could be reach
ed. There are several capitalists of
wide reputation who are much inter.
ested in this mine, and they are ex-
pected here to visit and inspect the
mine.
The mine is in goodlocation; about
six miles to the C. V. R. r. at Water
bury and four miles to the Mt. Mans
field Electric Railroad at Stowe. If a
company of capitalists could work
this mine they would get rich thing,
for mining is a great industry fright
ly managed, especially copper as a
great deal of it is used in the manufac-
ture of many useful articles.
1t is expected that this mine will be
opened and work resumed by Sept
LIST. This mine was worked about
forty years ago when they went to 8
depth of % feet, but since then moth
ing has been done until two years age
when the before named company be
gan to operate the mine. Now it is shut
down again waiting for some gooC
company to come and reopen it. |
this mine is reopened, and there is M
doubt but what it will prov
rich thing; it will be printed in tn
history of Waterbury as great min
ing industry at the beginning of tn
Goth century.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03

If the telephone had been in use in
Paul Revere's day a writer in THE
Boston Journal" thinks thatinstead
of riding he might have employed
that instrument as follows: "Hello
Yes. Give me-hello! WHAT'S the
matter with you, Central? Give me
-yes--I want Concord 3S1-ves, Con-
cord-Concord-three- eight one
yes, that's it-waitlng-waiting- oh,
is. that you, Concord? Yes? Well,
this is Paul Revere. Mono. Re-
vere-Boston. Hey? Never mind
who am. Well don't get gay with
me, or I'll report you. Oh, you are,
are you? Well, just tell your folks
'Si&at the British are landing here in
Boston In strong force. Yes, that's
it. And just ring up Lexington, will
you, and tell them. Thank you
Goodbye
1t is more than likely that the tele.
phone would have refused to work
satisfactorily-have got on its high
horse 80 to speak-and that the Brit.
ish would hayecaptured Boston, Con
cord and Lexington before Paulcou
have made his Hello Girl" under
stand what number he wanted.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
CQtdrrh
Hoods TdrS0pGriLL0
HOOPS PILLS are the best cathartiC
More Votes to Elect a President

1t will take fifteen more VOTE to
elect the next President then wei - re-
quired at the last election of Nd <in-
ley. Under the reapportionmend act
which goes into operation March 4,
1903, the mem bership of the House
OF Representatives and the electoral
college is increased to the extent OF
Twenty-Five. There we're 447 mem
bers in the electoral college which
chose President Mckinley. There
will be 476 in the body which will
choose his successor in 1904, and this
number will be further increased ifany
of the territories should be admitted
to statehood in the interval. The
state of the North Atlantic seabord
gain nine votes in the electoral college
by the allotment (three ofwhich go to
New York, the sixteen ex-slavestates
gain ten, and the middle West and
the far West also gain ten.
AS the states increase and the cleo
toral college expands the chance for
the dominance of any particular
state grows less and less. New YORK
was "pivotal in 1914, 1S4S, 1850,
1884 and 1888, but Cleveland in -
and Mckinley in 1896 and 1910
would have been elected if New York.
which they carried, had gone against
them. In 1876, however, when Hayes
had a lead of only one vote in the
electoral college, and when Tilden
carried New York, the little state of
Colorado, which was admitted that
year-which the Democrats could
easily have kept out if they and
which they probably would have
kept out if they had thought
it would be on the other side in the
election-may be said to have oeen
"pivotai." The electoral college had
800 members in 1876. Ithad 447 in
1900. 1t will have 476 in 1904,
while if Oklahoma or any Other ter
ritory be admitted to statehood be-
fore then the number will be greater.
Manifestly, as the electoral college
increases in size the margins fol- the
successful candidates for President
will have a tendency to broaden and
no single state, however large, will
ordinarily be able to claim for tself
any special dominance in debating
the result.