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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-23
UNIVERSAL COPPER TRUST.
Combine Said to Involve All the
More Important Properties.

More Important Properties.
DENVER, Aug. 22.-The News today
says:
Mining men of the city accept as true
the reports that worldwide copper
combine has been formed, and that COM
petition in buying copper will no longer
be known. The combine is said to have
been affected between the Amalgamated,
Hecla, Senator, Clark and the Roths-
ohilds. Papers are believed to have been
signed covering a long term of years
The consolidation of interests will, 1t is
said, be financed by the National City
Bank of New York, which is to be made
the depository for the combination.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-23

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Financial men
named in connection with the formation
of a worldwide copper combination to-
day denied all knowledge of such COM
bination They said that 1t would be
impossible to harmonize and organize all
the conflicting interests in copper, and
that nobody was trying to do So There
were reports of large combination in
copper, but no definite information as
to the, companies that are to be used
could be obtained.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-23
washington time q p. m. st. aud.

-HlSe.
River forecast till 8. p. m. Friday:
The Mississippi Will remain nearly sta
tionary in the vicinity or st. Paul
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-23

BOSTON, Aug. 22.-The officials of the
Calumet and Hecla company here de-
clined to make statement today regard
ing the reported formation of a huge
copper combine.
The annual meaing of the company
was held yesterday but nothing indicat-
ing transfer Of business to a combine
developed. There have been numerous re-
ports on the streetsnere of further ANAL
gamation in copper interests, bat nothing
is available.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-23

ASHvILLE, Ala, Aug. 22.-One man
was killed and another probably fatally
wounded in a battle here today to save
the negro, Jim Brown, from the venge-
ance of a mob after he had been tried
and sentenced to be hanged on Sept. 20
for rape.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
THE POWER OF PRAYER.

There is a power in prayer which
must be experienced in order TO be
known and the oftener it is expert
enced the stronger becomes the char
acter. This grows out of the fact
that in prayer the soul comes in per-
sOnal communion with it's Lord. The
personal association of n person
with another is necessary in order to
the fullest exercise of influence. The
look of the eye and the tone of the
voice cannot be written down in ink /;
nor can feel the grasp of a hand
that is animated by the pulsatiOn of
a warm heart, unless there is a per
sonal presence. Sometimes we in
stinctively supply these things when
reading after one with whom we are
personally acquainted. This imagina-
tiOn gives life TO the cold words
which have been written long ago.
This is because the soul naturally
Graves intimate association with the
persons who have given impression
to the thoughts. God communicates
with us in His word, but we long for
that intimate association with Him
which is found in prayer. AS a lit
5le child clings to it's parent, and
watches every expression of counter
snCe and tone Of voice, so may we
come into personal communion with
our Lord, and be able to see his hand
n providence, and hear His voice in
the roaring storm or whispering
zephyr.-Trans-Mississippi Presby-
rarian.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04

In view OF the great multitude of
women suffering from some kind of
female disease, and yet unable to find
any cure, DIR. Hartman, the renowned
gynecolOgist, has announced his will
lingness to direct the treatment Of as
many cases as may make application to
him during the summer months with
cut charge.
The treatment will be conducted by
correspondence. The doctor will pre-
scribe all medicines, applications, by
gienic and dietary regulations neces-
sary to complete q cure. The medicines
prescribed can be obtained at all drug
stores. This offer will hold good only
during the summer months. ANY wo-
man can become a regular patient by
sending a written statement Of her age,
condition of life, history and symptoms
OF her arrangements.
All cases of female diseases, including
Observation-Disclosures displacements,
alterations, inhammations, discharges,
irritation Of the ovaries, tumOrs and
dropsy Of the abdomen, should apply at
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
Misc
THE PREVAILING FAULT OF WON AN
KIND.

An English writer has been giving
English women who fuss a sight Of
themselves as others see them. WO
man nature is woman nature the
world over so perhaps women fuss,
ers at the four corners of the earth
may find something in her remarks
that will strike home. She says
"Can there be anything more un-
comfortable and embarrassing for q
guest than to be entertained by a
restless, fussy hostess, or for the
latter to have to entertain the same
sort of guest? A fussy woman can
never be called a well-mannered me-.
She has no repose, no dignity, lone
of that wellbred calmness which is
so admirable in a woman, none of
that gracious and friendly courtesy
that so speedily and completely sets
and DESTROYS to please and give pleas
ure, anxious to do her duty as wife,
mother and mistress, she is yet
rarely successful, for a fu>sy woman
Is seldom an observant one, being
always too busy to notice whether
those around her are pleased or an
noyed until they speak out plainly
and express their feelings in words.
The truth is that she cannot under
stand the charm and peace most
people find in being occasionally left
alone, allowed to go their way,
to follow their own inclinations,
without remark and remonstrance.
To the casual visitor and mere &C
quaintance the fussy man or woman
is a bore, perhaps, but of whom they
are tolerant because of their good
nature, their obvious friendliness
and desire to be hospitable. 1t is
only the family and intimate friends
who feel the real discomfort and
misery that can be caused by their
excess of zeal and continued inter
ference in every little matter that
concerns the daily life and doings of
those around them. Elk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
UNITED STATES.

silently, they exc outs miserable exist.
ence year after year.
A woman confined to the house sew.
eral years with a chronic female de-
rangement had finally given up all
hope Of being cured. She had tried
physician after physician, and remedy
after remedy, without n name
Improvement. Her treatment had cost
her husband, who was q poor man.
hundreds Of dollars. They had been
obliged to deny themselves many COM
forts of life in order to get monet
enough to pay the physicians.
Picking up the paper one day she hap
pened to read an item which contained
the news that DR.. Hartman would treat
such cases free of charge by letter. She
Immediately wrote the doctor, describ-
ing her case, and giving him all her
symptoms. She oon received a letter
telling her exactly what to do and what
medicines and appliances to get. She
began the treatment (the principal rem
edy being Peruna) at once, and in a
few weeks was we'll and strong again
and able to do her own work.
Another wOman who used Peruna
without becoming n ofDr. Hartman's
regular patients had the following ex-
perience. Miss Ida Green writes from
Baldwinville, Ga: " Peruna is wonder
full and good, and a certain cure for fe-
male weakness. I have been i'll and
have been taking doctors medicine for
several years, and found that none did
me any good.
"EVery dayit was a worry. Twas
always sick. I had come to the
conclusion to give up, and not use
any more medicine. / was sick
indeed for the past two years.
lust before I began to take Peruna
I was very weak, besides I was
bilious and COnSfiPafed.
81 mad pains in my back and side and
falling of the womb, with bearing down
pains.
zone day while reading my news
paper, I came across an ad., read Of the
book for ome entitled, Health and
Beauty" and seEt for it. Then I began
to use the medicine. After using several
bottles I am Cow thoroughly cured"
Send for free book, entitled, "Health
and Beauty" Address DR.. Hartman.
Columbus, Ohio.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
Children's Column.
WHY CATS WASH AFTER EATING.

You have noticed, little friends,
That cats don't wash their faces
Before they eat, as children do,
In all good Christian places. =
Well, years ago, a famous cat,
The pangs of hunger feeling,
Had CHANGED to catch a fine young
mouse,
Who said, as he ceased squealing,
"All genteel folks their faces wash
Before they think of eating"
And, wishing to be thought we'll
bred,
Puss needed his entreating.
But when she raised her paw to wash,
Chance for escape ~afording,
The sly young mouse said his good
bye,
Without respect to wording.
A feline council met that day,
And passed in solemn meeting,
A law forbidding any cat
To wash till after eating.
The Outlook.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04

once and become registered as regular
patients. All correspondence will be
held strictly confidential. No testimo-
malls Of cures will be given to the public
except by the express wish Of the
patient.
AS is well known, DR.. Hartman is the
President of the Hartman ~Sanitarium,
an institution which has a department
devoted exclusively to the treatment of
female diseases. He is thus brought to
see thousands Of such cases every year,
the most Of whom return to their homes
to be treated by correspondence. The
principal remedy he relies upon in such
cases is Peruna, which every woman
shonld have, who has any affection Of
this kind. Those wishing to become
patients should address DR.. S. B. HART
MAN, COLUMBUS OHIO.
No one knows better than Dr.. Hart
man how much the women suffer with
diseases peculiar to their sex. No one
knows better than he does how many
of them suffer with such diseases. Pa
tiently, hopefully, YEARLY, and often
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
A PRAYER.

The letters Thou impOsest, OLord,
are wings of freedom. There is no
raerty like the liberty Of being
a.und to go. When Thou layest
-a.n me the sense of obligation, that
.ment Thou settest my spirit free.
When Thou sayest that I must, my
sly, Il ou1.' ~ slreEotu i
.8ortionute to the strength of
-e cords that bind me. am never
r~nrestrained as when l am con-
-.ared by Thy love. Evermore,
.u. divine Spirit, guide me by this
-rinct of the right. Put round
.r1gt INV heart the cord OF Thy
.ptivatirg love, and draw me
lIther in my own light would not
a.. BIND me to Thyself as Thou
..ndest the planets to the sun, that
II may become the very law OF my
nature to be led by Thee. May De
content to know that goodness n
mercy shall follow me, without walt
ing to see them in advance OF me.
Amen.-Rev. George Matheson.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
Christian Life Column,
THE CHOIR INVISIBLE.

Oh, may l join the choir invisible
OF those immortal dead who live
again
In minds made better by their pres
ence live
In pulses stirred to generosity,
In deeds Of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end with self,
In thoughts sublime that pierce the
night like stars,
And with their mild persistence, urge
mans search
To vaster issues.
So to live is heaven:
To make undying music in the world,
Breathing as b~eauteous order, that
controls
With growing sway the growing life
of man.
So we inherit that sweet purity
For which we struggled, failed, and
agOnised,
With widening retrospect that bred
despair.
Rebellious flesh that would not be
subdued,
A vicious parent shaming still its
Child
Poor anxi-us penitence,-is quick
dissolved;
It's discords, quenChed by meeting
harmOnies,
Die in the large and charitable air
And all our rarer, better, truer self,
That sObbed religiOusly in yearning
song,
That watched to ease the burthen of
the world,
LaboriOusly tracing what must be,
And what may yet be better-saw
within
A worthier image for the sanctuary,
And shaped it forth before the null
titude
Divinely human, raising worship so
To higher reverence more mixed with
That better self shall live till human
Time
Shall fold it's eyelids, and the human
Be gathered like a scroll within the
tomb
Unread forever.
This is life to come,
Which martyred men have made
more glorious
For US who strive to follow. May I
reach
That purest heaven; be to other
souls
The cup of strength in some great
agony
Enkindle generous ardor; feed pure
love;
Beget the smiles that have no
cruelty
Be the sweet presence of a good
diffused,
And in diffusion even more intense.
So shall l join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness of the
world George Eliot.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
n. C. Farmers State Alliance.

President-W. A. Graham, Machpelah, Lin
coin Co., N. G.
Vice-President-J. I. PaschaI, Pittsboro,
Chatham Co., N. G.
Secretary-Treasurer and State Business Agent
II. B. Parker, Hilsboro, Orange Co., N. G.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward-JnO. M. Nit
chell, Wayne Co., N. {.
Chaplain-Rev. w. s. Mercer, Moyock, Curri'
tuck Co., N. G..
DOorkeeper-GeO. T. Lane. Greensboro, Gui-
ford Co., N. c.,
sergeant-at-Arms-R. H. Lane, Aurora, Beau,
fort Co., Nc
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A. Ora
ham, MaChpelah, N. G.
COMMITTEE.
J. W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh, NC.
w. B. Fleming, R~idgeway, N. c.
o Graham, WarrentOn, N. G.
DR.. J. Z. Person, PikeviIle, N. c.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, NC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
THE BIBLE THE KEYSTONE TO ENGLISH
STYLE.

In all study of English literature,
If there be any one axiom which
every one has accepted without ques-
ton, it is that the ultimate standard
of English prose style is set by the
King James version of the Bible.
For examples of limpid, convincing
narrative we go to Genesis, to the
story of Ruth, to the quiet earnest
ness of the Gospels for the mingled
argument and explanation and ex-
h~ortation in which lies the highest
power to the other side of literature,
we go to the prophets, and still more
to the Epistles of the New Testa-
ment andfor the glow of vehemence
and feeling which burns away the
limits between poetry and prose,
and makes prose style at it's highest
pitch able to stand beside the stir
ring vibrations of verse, we go to
the Psalms or the book of Job or the
prophecies of Isiah, or to the trium-
pl1dnD UCClu4 dU1OA III 1LLI1L1OI bd41Uy LA
the Epistle to the Corinthians. If
one were to figure the whole range
of English prose style in the form of
an arch, one would put the style of
the Bible as it's keystone and one
would put it there not only because
it is the highest point and culmina-
ton of prose writing, but also be-
cause it binds the whole structure.
On the one side would be the writing
which tends more and more to the
colloquiaI which, beginning with
such finished and exquisite talk as
Dryden crystallized in his writings,
runs off into the slack and hasty
style of journalism on the other
side, such more splendidly and
artfully colored prose as Sir Thomas
Brownies or the ponderOus weight of
DR.. Johnson, degenerating in the
hands of lesser men into ~preciosity
or pedantry. And with such expla-
nations we fold our hands in the
comfortable feeling that here, at any
rate, is one question of literature
settled for good: the standard of
English prose style is the standard
of the authorized version of the
Bible; that style is so clear and so
noble that there is nothing more to
be accounted fol. H. Gardiner in
she Atlantic Monthly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
TOMS MISTAKE.

On the station platform two men
stood waiting for their train, says a
writer in the Youths Companion.
Another man, with a pick and shovel
on his shoulder, was passing on his
way to work. He was not more than
fifty Or fifty five years old, but his
gait was stiff and labored, and there
was a pronounced stoop IN the figure.
His overalls, once brown, were lime
bleached and faded to a soft cold
rOse," and bagged dejectedly at the
knees. The face under the weather
beaten cap was stolid and listless.
As he slumped along in his heavy
co Wilde boots, he apparently en-
bodied that most persisten5 and
most pathetic figure which medieval
Europe called the serf, and more
modern Europe calls the peasant,
and the census enumeration of Amer
lea of to-day sets down as ''unskilled
labor" AS he crossed the elder of
the two men On the platform pointed
him out to his companion. "That
man and l were schoolmates. He
was not dull at his books, and
ought to have made a better condi-
ton for himself in life"
"What's the matter with him?
Does he drink asked the young
man.
"No. Nothing of that kind has
hindered him. When he was about
fifteen years old he was offered d
dollar a day to dig a cellar. This
seemed large wages to him, and he
left school and took the job. He
was proud of his size and strength,
and this offer made him feel so indie
pendent that he rather looked down
on the rest of us boys. He never
went back to school. He found
work to do that required no tech
meal skill, only muscle used under
an o~verseer's direction, and he kept
at it. 1 remember Judge Haines,
one of the school committee, met
Tom-his name is Tom Mahan-and
said to him: My boy, you are max
ing a mistake and doing a foolish
thing. If you must work, why don't
you learn a trade?' I'd have to give
my time three or four years for
nothing. What would be the use of
that? I'm as strong as a man, and
I'm getting a mans wages now, said
Tom. 'Strong?' said the Judge. Are
you as strong as one of my horses?
They work for their keep, but 1 have
to pay the man that drives them $50
a month besides his keep; and
the man who shoes them gets
three dollars a day. If strength
counts for so much, l wonder the
horses don't strike and look for a
job laying brick or carpentering.'
But Tom thought the Judge was only
Joking with him. He couldn't e
why he should give his time to learn
& trade or some profitable business
and work for nothing, as he said,
when he could work for wages, and
30 he went his own way"
"There are thousands like him,
said the other man. "They never
to do any special kind of bust
ness, and never seem to realize that
the reason the trained blacksmith or
the skilled carpenter, or the sales
man, gets higher wages than they do
IS because he has given time TO learn
ing to use his head, as we'll as his
s-ct arj hunls. II hOrS would only
keep Une important act In mind,
that muscIe-mere physical strength
is always one of the cheapest things
the labor market, and that so far
as price is concerned it matters little
whether a man furnishes it or a
horse, thsre would be fewer men to
be- classed as 'unskilled labor"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04

TIE acher: GLOW many divisions of
mankind are there?" Bobby "My
paw says it is divided into the people
who earn a living without getting it
and those who get a living without
earning it. "-Credit Lost.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04

Wanted More Practice" No,
Robbv." said his mother lone piece
of Die is quite enoughfOr you" cts
funny" responded Bobby, with an
injured air. "You say you are anX-
io1s for me to learn to eat properly,
and yet you won't even give me a
chance to practice. "-Wash1ngton
Ratchet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
N. C. Tobacco Growers Association.

P~resident-John s. Cunningham, Cunning
hams, N. G.
Vice-President-J. B. Phillips, Battleboro
N. @.
Secretary-T. B. Parker, HillsbOrO, N. @.
Treasurer-W. 3. Upchurch, Morrisville, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Col. r. w. Wharton, Washington, N. c.; DR..
r. II. Speight, Wrendale, N. c.; r. H. Kicks,
Rocky Mount, N. c.; h. H. Knight, Eagle
Rock, N. c.; w. L. Kennedy, Falling Creek,
N. c.; Gen. 7. +. TOOn, LumbertOn, NC; DR..
Elias Fulp, Fulp, N. c.; w. L. Bouldin.
Archdale, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY.

N. C. Cotton Planters Association.
President-W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. G..
Secretary-Jno. p. Allison, Concord, n. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04
N. C. State Horticultural Society.

P~resident-J. VanLindley, Pomona, N. c.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY. F. Massey, Raleigh.
Secretary and Treasurer-Franklin Sherman
Raleigh.
District Vice Presidents-R. G. Simon, OIlen
Warren, j. s. WestbrOOk, o. W.. Blacknall,
D. E. Parker, c. r. B. Caldwell and DR.. Balm
sere.
Executive Committee. Won Herff, P. H.
Beck, J. F. Gulliver, J. Van Lindley and Frank
i n Sherman.
n {. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Director-George T. Winston, West Raleigh,
n. c.
AgricuIturist-Benj. Irby, West Raleigh, N. G.
HOrticulturist-W. F. Massey, West Raleigh,
Professor of Animal H~usbandry-J. NJ. John
son, West Raleigh, n. G.
n. C. Crop Pest Commission.
s. I. Patterson, Chm'n, Raleigh; DR.. Geo. T,
Winston, Raleigh; J. Van Lindley, 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 sBOtanist-Franklin Sher-
man.
Postof1ce address of all officers, Raleigh,
NC
N. C. Swine Breeders Association.
President7J. NJ. Johnson, West Raleigh,
N. G.
Vice-President-C. c.. Moore, Charlotte, n. c.
Secretary-Frank E. Emery, West Raleigh,
N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04

"Do you believe a cure can b.
effected by the laying on of hands?'
Certainly that's just the way
cured my Johnny of smoking cigar
ettes.-Credit Lost.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-04

To Cows Pay, use Sharples Cream Separa-
tors. Book Business Dairying" & Cat. 285 free
w. Chester, Pa.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

The Island of Barra is becoming IA
nous for the longevity Of its inhabi-
tants. A correspondent gives list of
aged persons who have died quite re-
Gently, including Peter Macintosh Of
Gangston, who was 113 years Of age,
and Mrs. Murdoch Cameron Of Bor,a,
who was Ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
nv or.,n-o, rry GraIn-Oi

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you .
package of GRAlN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee The children
may drink 1t without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it, like it. GRAlN-O has
that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but
it is made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without dis
tress. n the price of coffee. 15c and 70 cts.
per package. Sold by all grocers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

Manchester, N. H., is to have what
It is claimed will be the largest single
mill building ever erected. It is near
ly completed, and is ITO feet long. with
two wings OF $50 feet, all Of an aver
age width Of 100 feet, and FIVE stories
in height, including basement.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
Hea West Man In America.

The heaviest man in America, If not
the world, is Lee Trickey Of Glenwood,
Wis, who weighs $50 pounds. A few
years ago he weighed no. but he
"porred away considerable" he says.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

100 not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has IN equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN
BoYIR, Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb. Ii, 1900
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces In
nammstion allays palm cures wind collie Csc bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

Long Live the King! The King is
Wizard Oil. pain his enemies, whom
he conQuers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

Love may be blind, but in financia
matters it has a sensitive touch.