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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
A GREAT SADDLE HOUSE.

Since the horses of Kentucky are
famed the world over for their gifts
and graces, it does not surprise US
that the Kentucky saddle house has
An equally high reputation both at
home and abroad. We refer to our
advertisers, W. II. Dillingham; & Co.,
Of Louisville, KY, who make a spe-
cialty of their leather tree saddle,
which is the most humane saddle for
the horse and the easiest for the ri
der of any saddle on the market.
Heretofore saddles equal in merit to
this have been of such high cost as
to be beyond the reach of all except
the wealthy but Mr.. Dillingham;,
by his superior manufacturing facil.
tiles, is able TO put his leather tree
saddle on the market at a sUrpris-
lngly low figure. For such riders as
prefer other styles, they make a
complete line, all of which are shown
by Photographic illustrat- ons in their
large catalogue. This also covers a
splendid line of harness, vehicles and
other goods needed by the farmer
and hOrseman. Write w. H. Dilling
nam & Co, at Louisville, KY, for a
eDpy of this handsome catalogue,
md mention this paper in doing so.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
Miscellaneous.
THE MAI. MARTIN sTEALINGs.

The correct amount of the steal
age of the p~enitentiary funds by
Maj. W. II. Martin, who from 1895
1901 was the institutional fund clerk
in the State Treasurer's Office, is
given the public in the report of the
P~enitentiary Investigating Commit
tee, consisting of Senator T. M. Ar
ringtOn, Representative F. M. Shan
nonhouse and Judge F. D. Winston.
Treasurer Lacy's figures on the
stealage, made from the report,
shows this to be $16, $50. SO. Of this
former Treasurer Worth, or Martins
bondsmen, r responsible for &c.,
060.04. Treasurer Lacy is caught
for S374.84, this being $115.65 less
than expected, as Martin had paid
out this amount and taken up the
warrants. "This loss l will have to
bear" said Mr.. Lacy yesterday, Gas
l have no recourse" Martin did
the stealing from Mr.. Lacy during
the thirty days he was showing the
new men in the Treasurer's office the
run of affairs.
During the close of his last month
Maj. Martin made a big steal in Or
der to get cash in hand and to
straighten out the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum account. He tore out a
check from the back of the check
book made it out for 81, 249 so and
drew the money from the National
Bank of Raleigh. He then deposited
$3.50. 03 in the Citizens Bank in order
to straighten out the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum account.
This left the Major with $3.50. 40 on
hand. From this he is supposed to
have paid the $115.65 for warrants
he took up individually and pocketed
the balance, $374.84, Which is the
sum Treasurer Lacy loses.
Ex-Treasurer Worth has two ways
of raising money on Martins bonds
men. The first two years of Martin
service is covered by a private bond
of $4,000 good for all the time that
Martin worked for Worth. The last
four years his bond was for S., 900 a
year in the Baltimore Surety and
Trust Company. AS Mr.. Worth
would inform this company each
year, so it is said, that Martins &C
counts were correct, in order that
Martin might new the bond, it
now seems that the company may be
only liable for s., 900 on the last year,
even if Mar tin did steal during the
previous years. Elk. Treasurer Worth
will claim that the trust company is
due for each years shortage sepa-
rately, and if this is so then he will
not be out such a large sum.-Ex-
change.
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Business Notices.
MODERN METHOD OF SAVING CORN

Within recent years the method of
handling the corn crop has changeu
radically Formerly the work OF
Gathering and husking corn was done
nv hand now it is done by machln-
erv The old, Out-of date method OF
milling the ears by hand was not on
l. Glow and tedious, but it was waste
fr1. one-balf the crop was allowed to
LITERALLY rot in the fields. The up
do corn grower now cuts his
corn with a corn harvester. This ma
obina cuts and binds the corn into
bur57es which are discharged from
, machine in punches in rows ready
for shocking, much the same as a
seIf-binder delivers the bundles of
wheat. A corn harvester enables
the corn grower to harvest fifty acres
IT corn in less time than is required
TO gather only a few by the old
method, and the machine does the
work easier, cleaner much more sat
isfactorily in every way.
The corn husker and shredder sep
arates the ears from the stalks and
shucks them, and converts the fod-
der into slower, which for feeding
is conceded to be much bet
ter than hay. Heretofore the fodder
and stalks have been allowed to go
to waste, Notwithstanding the fact
that in dollars and cents they equal
one-half the value of the entire crop.
That is to say, by the old method the
corn grower secured only the ears
and the remainder of the crop vast
ed in the fields. By using modern
corn machinery the corn grower
saves the entire crop-ears, fodder,
stalks and all, and thus doubles the
value of his corn crop.
1t is interesting to note in this
connection that the company which
gave the world the first successful
machine for harvesting small grain
also gave the world the nrsT
full corn binder, which was followed
soon after by the first successful
corn husker and shredder. This COM
pany is McCormick's. "King Corn
is the title of a new book published
by the Mccormick Harvesting Ma
chine Co, Chicago, and it explains
in detail how to save the corn crop
and get the full value out of this
important cereal. The book is pro
fusely illustrated with half tone en-
cravings showing the Mccormick
machines at wOrki in the fields, and it
will be mailed free to anyone inter-
ested in growing corn. Drop a pos
tai for it, mentioning the Progress
sive Farmer, to R. B. Fox, General
Agent, Charlotte, n. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25

The new catalogues of Cary High
School 7 out, and a copy will be
sent to any address upon application
to A. F. Sans, Cary, n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25

We invite attention 60 the ad. of
Phil. S. Wade & Co, Atlanta, Ga
appearing elsewhere in this issue.
Readers desiring to purchase fine
poultry should address this firm.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25

Compound Lard in
The above Lard in following packages
Tubs, 80 lbs. &c, over tieTces.
Tubs, IS lbs. Ic. over tierces.
Pals, 20 lbs. nc. over tierces.
Cans, gross weight:
so ID. case of 2 cans, nc. over tierces.
20 10. case of 4 cans, &c. over t~ierces.
10 10. case of 6 cans, &c. over tierces.
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HELP WANTED =: :: s Is; +: ;5St5 3 ' S55"' s.

God pay daily. Send one dime for terms and
cash due bill. Address J. E. RUE,
P. o. Box +. LittletOn, N. c..
J. E: Rue is reliable, and any business en-
trusted to him will be faithfully carried out.
Signed Mem. FUrgersOn, Postmaster; F. A.
Fetter, Agent Southern Express Co.; J. H
Norman, Register of Deeds; S. M. Gary
Clerk Superior Court.
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DO YOU RAISE
TO MASTER TIE SUBJECT AND MAKE MONEY, READ
Aaaaa-THE COMPLETE POULTRY BOOK.

The Complete Punltr~ Book contains just what the poultry raiser OF
the rrosnec We Toulrv raiser wants to know. 1t contains the best thought
on this subject # :, F. Thorne. Director of the Ohio Agricultural Exper
iment Station, aDr OF P. H. J. cobs, now and for many years poultry editor
of the Farm md Preside.
PROrUSElN nIUST IRA TED Contains a very large number of up
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N. Y. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES


NEW YORK, June %, 1901.
PEACHES, EARLY
n. @. pr to fir carrier. rs to l %
Georgia, pr. to fir, car
70 TO l.oI
CHERRIES
Small, sweet, 8 lb. b'skt, 20 to 35
Large, black, choice,
s ID. basket. so to go
HUCKLEBERRIEs-
N. c. fancy large, dry,
blue, quart. ........ II to u
N. c., large, dry and
sound, black, quart. s to 9
N. G. ordinary, quart. 6 to z
BLACKBERIEs, CULTIVATED
N. c., cultivated, fancy,
large, quart. s to 9
n. c., cultivated, fair to
good, quars. ........ 3 to Z
Corn
Sweet, n. c., per 100. $50 to 200
Sweer, n. G. per case. ,. 90 to 3 90
CABBAGE
NUrf-lk, per bbl, crate, rs to 1.25
Norfolk, per Dol. $500. rs to 1.25
STRING BEANS
Norfolk, wax, per bask, Is to 1 25
n c., green, bush. hask, rs to 1.25
N. c., wax, bush. bask, SO to rs
POTATOES
n. C. Rose, closely grad.
ed, choice. .,.,...... 800
N. Z. Rose, fair TO prime
Dbl. Observation-Disclosures 25 to 3.25
n. G.. Chill white, fair
to prime. ........ 200 to ?. so
n. c. Chill red, fair 80
prime 1.75 to 2.25
Chm 81 Saw. Rose, fair
to good. ............ 200 to $50
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24

ing Influence of True Love is a born
Miser Truly it is not what Hubby
has but what he Hands Out, that en-
titles him to Respect and helps one
to Endure him as a Necessary EVIL.
If you marry the Cheap Man, it is true
that you stand a Show of getting the
whole Estate sooner or later, but this
is an Outside Chance, because the
Cheap Man usually adopts Diet of
Prunes, Graham Bread, Vegetable Soup
and plain Spuds, and he will be here a
long time. The World is full of women
whose Husbands are so far ahead OF
the Game, that they can put up Gray
Stone Blocks and make fat Loans on
Improved Real Estate, and yet each
of these Wives is wearing Last Year s
Hat, with the Wing moved over on the
Other Side, and if she whispered Auto
mobile to old Ready Money, he would
throw a Back SummerSault. IF you are
going to start in to do a forty-year
Stunt as a Housekeeper 10 some Hu-
man Savings Bank, you had better put
the Bargain on a Business Basis to
start with. Go before a Lawyer and
have him frame up an Iron-Clad Con-
tract. Then you viii get your little
old Six every Saturday Night Other
wise you will have to Coax it out of
him and get about 20 Cents per Throw.
As between the Generous Young Eel
low who is Flat and the MOneyed Man
who never Comes Up, it is about Six
to one and Half a Dozen of the other.
think you are tied up with a couple
of Frosty Ones. Auntie's Advice would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
A PEERLESS TO THE RESCUE.
Lady Mary Showed Her American
Friends that the Sister of an Earl
Could Cook a Good Dinner as
Easily as She Could Paint Por-
trait. or Steer a Yacht.

Lady Mary Sackville, sister of the
both sides of the Atlantic, the most
versatile, as well as one of the most
beautiful members of very fashionable
society. Not only is Lady Mary a mu-
sician, an ar ist and an expert yachts
woman; no. only has she explored
every part of the United States as well
as Europe, large districts of Africa,
Asia and the South Sea islands, but
she proved 20 the delighted amaZement
OF her American friends, that the fair
sister of an English earl was far more
deeply versed in domestic accomplish
ments than. many Of the wives of re-
publican nillionaires. It happened
that on her last visit to .tthe states
Lady Mary made one in a smart coun-
try house party. The first evening of
the guests arrival the hostess had
planned a brilliant dinner party. An
hakr and a half before the feast was
DUE to appear on the table, the cook,
in a huff, dropped the reignS Of Gull
nary government and left for the city.
The hostess despair verSed on hysteria,
and, as luck would have it, the cause
of her distress came to the ears of the
pretty English visitor, who instantly
rushed to the rescue Tying "a large
white apron over her tea gown, the
tail OF which was secured by pins from
contamination by the kitchen floor,
the daughter Of a dozen earlS descended
to the basement. The distracted
kitchen mad who WAS tearfully pro
testing her ignorance OF the methods
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and besides that, I've seen the part
played worse many a time. 1 don't
know what to say to you, my dear
but girl that can do that can do most
anything"
A Thankless Task.
All, yes. and that was just what the
powers that were seemed to think
that 1 could do most anything-for
from that day 1 became a sort of dra-
matte goat, to play the parts of
the sick, the halt, the cross, the tricky
for whenever an actor or actress
turns up with a remarkable study
the ability to learn almost any part
be put on" Sickness will in
crease-tempers win get shorter-airs
of superiority will be assumed-all
because there is someone ready to play
the obnoxious part; someone ready
to- rush into the breach and prevent
the changing of the bill"
OF course, this playing of many parts
was, In q certain way, an advantage
TO me, and appreciated it, but there
can be too much even of a good thing
That / got no pay for all this work
was nothing to me; was glad to do it
for the experience it gave me-but
when | was forced to appear ridiculous
through my inability to dress the parts
correctly, L suffered cruelty and felt
Mr.. Ellsler should either have COM
PEELED the women who owned dresses
20 play their parts, or should have pro-
-Vided dresses for the girl who played
their parts for them
/ recall very distinctly having to go
on for Lady Anne in Richard III
with rather unimportant star-now
had I held a position" as the term
goes, that part would out OF courtesy
belonged to me for the rest of the sea-
son-unless L chose to confer it back
to the woman 1 had obliged-but being
only a ballet girl, 1 did we'll enough
for the Lady Anne of an unimportant
star, but when a more popular Richard
appeared upon the scene. Lady Anne
was Immediately reclaimed, and I
trapSed along behind the coffin and
with the rest of the ballet was witness
TO the most savage fling of Shake
Speare against a vain and incOnsequen-
tial WomanhOOd as persOnified in Lady
Anne, who-stealing by her>coffin, muir
dered. dead. eagerly drinks in the fiat
terry offered by the murderer's self 1t
is cOurtship all dagger pierced and
reeking with innocent blood-mon-
strous and revoltingi One would like
to know who the woman was whose
incredible vanity and leVity so worked
upon the masters mind, that he pro-
duced this tragic caricature. Who was
the woman who inspired the great
Shakespeare's one unnatural scene?
Come, Antiquaries, cherchez la femme!
l suffered most when 1 had to play
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
BY George AIDE.

Way. He was for Buying. The Queen
received her Violets every Day or two,
even though he had to Catch Even by
lunching on Buttermilk and Sinkers.
She got what she wanted and he took
his Chances on standing off the Wolf
at the Door and lodging the Tailor,
the Gents Furnisher and other Credit
ors who were Laying for him
He took her to a Theatre and they
had Parquette Seats on the Aisle. After
the Performance the Colored Man
would call out their Carriage Number
and there would dash uD a Team OF
Praucing Bays driven by a, Rough Man
with Brass Buttons and a queer Tall
Hat. The Provider would hand her
into the glittering Vehicle with the
graceful Flourish Of a Sir Roger de
Coverley. The Door would slam and
away they would Chatter. with all the
Awed Spectators wondering which one
of the Vanderbilt Boys that-was.
After he got back to his $2.75 Room
and put the Dress Clothes where Moths
could not get at them, ne would dc
some calculating on the back of an En-
velope, and discover that he had
Burned Up just One Weeks Salary be-
tween 7:45 and 1875.
Then he would wish that a sweet
faced, white-haired Old Lady with a
Safety Deposit Vault fun of Gilt Edge
Securities might come along and Adopt
him and put him in a white and gold
Suite with q Pianola and Man-Ser-
vant
The Provider was a Financial Feath-
er-Weight, but he was Game as a Peb-
BILE. He worked on the Principle that
a Man can Afford anything he can Get
He allowed himself nearly everything
that the Rich Folks have, except
money.
He would invite the Brunette to
Luncheon with him. When he was by
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24

the way, later on saved me from prob
ably a painful experience.
a Student of Costume.
unadvised readings had not been alb
solutely useless.
4 once heard the company expressing
their shocked amazement over the vel
vet robes of some Macbeth" 1 could
not venture to ask them why it was
so dreadful, but one day 1 found some
paper stating that velvet was first
known in the fifteenth century and was
. confined to the use OF the priests or
high Ecclesiastical authorities-and my
mind instantly grasped the horror of
-,the older actors at seeing Macbeth
swathed in velvet in the grim. almost
barbaric Fcotland of about 1012-fOr
surely it was a dreadful thing for an
actor TO wear velvet400 years before its
invention.%
1t is a delightful study-that of cos
tune; to learn how TO drape the tOga.
how 10 hang the peplum; to under
stand the meaning of a bit of ribbon in
the hair, whether as arranged in the
three banded fllet of the Grecian girl
or as the SnOOd of the Scottish laSsie;
to know enough of the cestus and the
law governing its wearing not to hu-
initiate yourself in adopting il on i'm
proper occasions; to have at least a
bowling acquaintance with all footgear,
from sandals down TO an Oxford tie;
to be able to scatter your puffed,
slashed or hanging sleeves over the
centuries, with their correct accom-
panying, small-close, 1arge-round or
square outstanding rufus. Why, the
mere detail of girdles and hanging
pouches, from distant queens down to
Faust's Gretchen, was a JOY in itself.
Then a girl who played pages and
other young boys was naturally anx-
i0us to know about doublets, trunks
and hose, as well as Scottish ''phiebeg
and sporran.' And wigs. 1 used to
wonder if any one could ever learn all
about wigs-and I'm wondering yet.
Already in that third season my po-
sitiOn had become an anomalous one,
from that occasion when-because of
sickness had in one afternoon
studied, letter perfect, the part of King
Charles in Faint Heart Never Won
Fair Lady" and played it in borrowed
clothes and without any rehearsal
whatever. other than finding the situa-
tons plainly marked in the book. It
was an astonishing thing to do, and
nearly everyone had a kind word for
me. The stage manager. OF, rather,
the pTompter, for Mr.. EllsIer was his
own stage manager, patred me on the
shoulder and said: - pom my soul,
girl. you're a wonder. / think pretty
well of my own study, but you can
beat me. You never missed a word,
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himself he called it Lunch. That '"eon"
on the end usually makes a difference
of about $4.S5 in the Check.
They would repair to a cafe with a
Fountain playing in the center of the
Room and Bread and Butter 25c Extra.
Every time she pointed her Finger at
another Item on the Carte du Jour, it
put a Sickening Crimp in his Visible
Assets and moved him about three
Notches nearer to Hard Pan, but he
never twitched a Muscle. He would
push a Half over toward the Waiter as
if it annoyed him to see Money lying
around.
he would walk out as light as a Toy
Balloon and put her in a Cab and send
her Home, and then he would be down
to his Gloves and a Bunch of Keys and
a Card Case and a couple of Street Car
Tickets.
The Brunette was Up a Stump when
it came to making Choice. 1t seemed
to be another instance of Horse and
Horse. She knew that the Cheap Man
would own Bank Stock and Corner
Lots when the Provider would De nv
ing on Snow Balls, and yet she could
not bring herself to lean up against a
Stingy Old Thing VINO never UnDuck-
led to Civ cher Nice Time. AS TOT lne
Provider. he was the Kindest Friend
she knew and Good Thing while he
lasted. but she knew that ne could not
Last farther than from here TO the
Corner. She guessed that if she Went
ahead and married the ProY1der, ne
would give her everything he Owned
but he never would own more than you
could put in a Steamer Trunk, without
using the Tray
The Cheap Man, on the other hand
would have a Neat Balance and
Strong Rating, but it would require the
use of an Anaesthetic to get a IalIor-
Made Suit out of him.
While in this Quandary, she consult
! ed her Aunt En-, who was two kinds OF
a Widow, Grass and Sod. She had
| buried one Husband and come out IN
Black She had tied a Can TO NO.
and come out in Bright Colors.
Aunt En- asked a number OF Leaulns
Questions in regard to the Qualifica-
| tionss of the two Suitors, and then shs
said: MY Dear Niece, this is Tai
Problem for a 20-year-old Girl to close
on. but you are entitled to a lot OF
Credit for holding back ana studying
your Cards A Lass who was short on
Foresight would have Chosen the Pro
wider. in the foolish Belief that she
would continue to get the Violets and
Broiled Birds and the Carriage Rides
all the rest of her Life. A Mercenary
Maiden might have grabbed at the
chance to be Mrs. Cheap Man, but you
] are Dead Wise in your Theory that one
who is a Parsimonious Papa during
Courtship will prove to be a Close
Proposition as a Husband The Man
who Will not Loosen Up under the Melt