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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-09
ENTHUSIAST AT WFvEEr
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Governor Aycock and STAT.
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citizens Of Wendell. that the Ga...
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-09
Weekly Bank Statement.
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press
ne" YORK, Sept. 6.-The statement Of
.he associated banks for the week five
days. ending today, shows:
Loans. decrease SIS, 665. 200. denosi+s
decrease $l2.600 300; circulation. increase
5000 900; legal tenders. decrease 50 eeo
600. specie, decrease S.. S33. 200. surn1,,s
reserve, decrease $5,645, 1875.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-09

How to save Sweet Potatoes the wear
round by my new plan. Need not rosf
over 90 cents per hundred bushels I
guarantee, if direction is complied with
end 10 cents in silver for ~recipts. Ad-
dress plainly,
A. n. McNEU.L
Catawba, n. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-09
\ POOR MILL

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could not digest his tD"#.
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saved him, They arr.H-."
ach, aid digestion, Ir""o..
improve appetite. l'F...
back if not satisfied. Sol.
giSts.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
running A FARM by Proxy,

A friend who owns nice, improvedl
farm of 160 acres in a western state
and who is SO situated that he cannotI
carry it on himself, but who still de-,
sires to keep his money safely invest
ed in the farm, wishes to know which
is the best method of handling it.
shall be rent it for cash rent, shall
he let it on shares, shall he hire mani
to run it? The first plan will insured
him the least trouble and the SMALLEST
return. The second plan will be ALI
right provided he can get the right,
man and make lease for term OIL
years. The third will prove the most
profitable If he will assume the genI
eral oversight Of the farm work. stock
1t UP with good stock to the limit andl
pay good man what he is worth toi
carry 1T on. He will find it hard to
get just the right sort of tenant onl
the share plan and still more ditlicultI
to get the right man on the salary
plan. The honest man may be lazy
and the hustler man who will steal
the owner blind.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

had her face in her hands and was
weeping forlornly.
Guy felt sudden pang of Temorse.
He was brute to act in that silly
way. He had imagined thai she
would flare out at him, would give a
sharp word and retaliate in kind.
Instead of angering he had only
wounded.
Miss VIandingham!"
There was no answer, no lifting of
the bowed head, and he walked to
her quickly.
Betty" he murlnured, his words
coming In torrent, Il am wretch.
L did not mean what ! said! Forgive
me. Take those worthless lots and
give me $4,000, or 100000, or S5,ooo.-
600 for them, if you want to. 1t
was not the proposition SO much as
the fact that it came from you. I
have loved you ever since we first
met-ever since you fell into my
arms from the cupola of that freight
car. do not want pity, or money,
or anything else from the girl love
Just her heart, that's all. When |
have made a fortune I am coming to
ask you if you will have me, if you
will"
She looked up at him suddenly, her
eyes dancing throsgh her tears.
DO you know how long it will
take you to make a fortune at the
rate of 500 per week, Guy?" she
whispered.
"It depends largely on the mag
nificence of the fortune, 7 suppose
Even to make fortune that is
not very magnificent would take too
long-too long for me to wait"
Darling" he murmured. "You
will take me now, as amp"
II can help you, dearest. Why car
we not face the world together?"
He folded her to his breast.
II am rich already" he whispered
"since I have your love. My friend
the enemy, is to be my wife and ]
am the happiest fellow in the
world!"
Thus it came about as Pettibone
had said. The sheriff knew, for sc
had it been with himself and Ma
tilda.
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
coLoREn FARM HELP

A Kentucky farmer was telling us
recently about the peculiarities Of his
colored farm help. He said they never
could be depended upon if there hap
pened to be a camp meeting or revival
in the neighborhood or any of the 9TH
err doings which are common to their
race; would just quit and go no matter
how badly their services might be
needed on the farm. Then they SEEM
ed to never have got over the notion
that what belonged to their boss be-
longed to them, which brought about
confusion at times as to the ownership
of property.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

books. 1t is a good thing for young
man to know a trade"
ut is, indeed" She spoke care
lessly as though not very deeply i'm
pressed.
"Have you heard anything of Col.
Keever?" Guy inquired, forcing him
self to sudden interest in topic far
from his thoughts.
Nothing is known about the
Colonel except that, after collecting
the price of his treachery, he fled to
the west"
Il felt all along" said Guy, "that
he was man who could not be
trusted"
"Mr. Herbert" she continued,
earnestly, II came here to find you
and to assure you that knew moth
ing of the transaction that lost Con-
cord the county seat. If / could undo
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
DEBT ON THE FARM.

We are asked how much debt man
with quarter section farm should
carry. That depends. Assuming his
farm to be worth $4,000 and the maai
hustler, turning his attention wholly
to the production of meat products on
his farm and not running a steam,
thrasher, he might swing debt of ST.!
600 at per cent. Still this will make
him sweat and grunt before he gets It'll
paid. We believe it to be a mighty
good time to shorten sail in the matter
Of Indebtedness during these days of
agricultural prosperity and not load.
up to- the limit, as so many are doing
The money, loaners will have their in
nings again some day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
TOO MANY KINDS.

On the average farm there is fire.
quently to be found too great variety
Of animal and bird life. We would not
try to keep Jersey, Shorthorn and Hot
stein cattle in one farm herd, or try to
raise trotting horses and draft stock
together, or keep two or three different
varieties of chickens, or raise ducks,
geese, guinea hens and turkeys all in
one happy family. We believe in spe-
cialties for the average farm-one type
of cattle, one Of horses, pigs, chickens
then constant effort to produce the,
very best Of the type selected. We
would apply the same rule to crops.
Even diversifying may be carried to-
an improbable extreme.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
CHAPTER xx.-Continued

After posting the letter he waited.
The days passed without bringing a
reply and a chill of disappointment
swept through the young mans soul.
His round Of duties became irksome.
He was beginning to realize how
hard it would be to face the future
without Miss Betty. The desire with
in him to run down to Concord some
Saturday night was very strong.
During Sunday forenoon he could
take an inventory and ascertain how
much of the town had been carted
away, and in the afternoon he could
drive to the other side of the county
and find out how much Of his town
Harmony had already absorbed. He
even pictured himself at Wil1owview
indulging in persihage with the
squire over the county-seat contest.
He would not reveal the true state
of his affairs, but would pose as the
wealthy son of Msntfort Herbert. A
business plea would take him from
Willowview Sunday night SO that he
could get back to Jamestown in time
to begin his weekly grind in the
loan office. Miss Betty should never
know the straits to which he was
put until he had wrested fortune
from the clutch of fate and had laid
it at her feet, together with his
heart.
Just as Guy, bending mechanically
over his ledger, had figured the mat.
ter to suit his exacting fancy, he
heard voice in the outer Office. He
dropped his pen, startled, and his
heart leaped into his throat.
SIS this the office of the Jarvis
Loan and Investment company" in.
euired the voice.
ut is madam" returned the OBJ
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
THE END.
A LAZY vIRG1N1AN.
Put Out One of His Eyes to Save the
Trouble of Squirting When
Out Hunting.

During one of Senator Daniels ia.
nous campaigns he struck a little
town in the central part of Virginia
which was said to contain some of the
LATEST men in the old dominion. He
was in the midst of group on the
porch. of small hotel, when process
sion approached which looked like a
funeral, says the Chicago Tribune. He
asked who was to be buried.
slack Sheridan" they told him.
Poor Jack! He was good-natured,
goodrfor-nothing, lazy fellow, who
seemed to have little native talent
for drawing and spent most of his time
making pictures for the children. He
lived upon the few fish he caught and
the squirrels he killed, but mostly on
the donations of his neighbors.
$50 poor Jack is dead, is hep" said
Senator Daniel.
'No, he amt dead 'xactly," was the
reply of one of the loungers on the
porch.
"Not dead-not dead? Yet you are
going to bury him?"
dct Is, seudIoT, he SOB 100 INFER
nal, ALFRED lazy to live. We can't af-
ford him any more. He's got SO lazy
that the grass is beginning to grow
over his shoes-so everlastin' lazy that
he put out one of his own eyes to save
the trouble of squintin' when he was
out a-gunnin'."
"But," says the senator, "this won't
do. 1t will disgrace my constituency.
Try him awhile longer, can't your"
Cant do it; too late-coffin cost
s1.1O. Must go on now"
About this time the procession halt.
ed and the senator promised, if they
would let Jack out, to send over a
barrel of corn to the unfortunate.
Upon this announcement the lid of
the coffin slowly raised, Jack Sheridan
sat up with an effort, opened his one
good eye, looked at the senator and
asked:
els the corn shucked?"
"No," replied Senator Daniel, mot
shucked.''
"Then," said Jack, as he sank into
the coffin, Ego on with the funeral"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
HE IS PAST HELP,

We have an old bachelor friend who
lives all by his lonesome self. He has
a small house on little farm and is
really good housekeeper, as men go;
but, dear, dear, what dreary old life
he lives! He has only cat and dog
for company and no object on earth,
to make him get hustle on himself
If ever woman could do good job, it
would be with him, but he is sort of
soured on the sex-got left some years
ago, cut out by likelier man, and has
elected to go it alone. One or two
pretty good women have tried theiy
hands on him, but have had to give
him up as a bad case.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
A Spinnino Ghost.


On the post road in southern New
Hampshire stands an old house which
was once famous for it's ghost. 1t
had been tavern, owned and man.
aged by two brothers and two sis.
ters named Mason, relates the
Youths Companion.
The youngest of the family, Han
nah, had been Tilted in her youth.
After her desertion she never entered
any, door save that of her own home,
but gave all her strength to hard
work. She would hatchel fax for
weeks, spin increasingly and weave
on hand loom, without apparently
q thought of rest.
She died after short illness, and
still travellers said that their slum.
bers were disturbed by the whir of
the wheel. Soon it was whispered
about that the Mason house was
hauBted. Strange sounds were heard
from the garnet where Hannah had
always worked, and plainest of all
was the hum of the great wool wheel.
The brothers heard the story, and
at once set out to solve the mystery.
Joseph went to the garnet and
watched. After time the wheel be.
gan to revolye. He struck light.
On the rim of the wheel was great
rat, running around.
Frequent visits to the garnet rem
dered this rat so tame that he would
come out on the spinning wheel by
daylight, and several others were oc.
casionaily seen to take a spin in the
wheel, as if it were a pleasant rscre.
alton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
FOOLISH MOTHERS.

That is very foolish mother who.
taking the ground that it is more trou-
BILE to show her daughter how to do
any kind of Homework than it is to do
it herself, lets the girl off. About a
year ago young lady whom we know
was married. Her mother was one Of
this sort. The girl knew very little
about housekeeping, could neither
make loaf Of good bread nor get up
palatable meal. OF course she had
a time Of it, and her husband did also,
and, for that matter, they are having
1t yet.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

What food thirty sheep will eat on
the average farm would largely be 9TH
erwise wasted. The only trouble about
keeping them is the question Of fenc-
inc
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

"More and better work and less
land' is the motto which should be
hung up in one-half Of the farm homes
of the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

Orchard cultivation after the list of
July should be avoided, as it tends to
induce growth of wood which cannot
fully mature before winter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

One of tho principal agricultural pa
pers Of the west on the LIST of July had
leading editorial on the Importance
of the dust mulch. The article must
have. been left over from last year. for
this season 1t was impossible to raise a
dust In any of the territory where the
paper circulated. An article on mud
blankets would have been more appro-l
pirate
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

Most Of the people who have lived to
the great age Of 100 years are to be
found in county poorhouses and in
firmaries, proving that they have out
lived their time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

A bull corner on corn never arouses
the moral ire of the granger who pro-
duces the cereal. 1t is only bear cor
ners which set him bowling.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

A two pound spring chicken will
bring the grower at least 80 cents, and
if kept until it wears spurs and red
comb in November it will not bring as
much money. The good die young in
the case of roosters.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The strikes among the different
branches Of federated labor are almost
wholly an effort to restore reasonable
balance between the wage of the la.
borer and the increased cost Of living.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

We know Of young fellow in the
country who has rugged up his harness
with as many as forty rings and he
can get all the girls he wants to go
riding with him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

1t costs about 5000 to take Pasteur
treatment for hydrophobia, and there
fore it does not pay to take any chances
On dogs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

Sick hens and sick sheep are best
killed as soon as possible, and we are
inclined to put the sick hog with them
also.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

This is great country. In July,
when the people Of New Mexico were
praying for rain, Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska were being flooded with a
deluge of water.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

There has been relatively greater
advance in the fifty dollar farm lands
of the country than in the five dollar
unimproved lands Of the western and
northern borders.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

Crop prospects are good in India.
The periodical starvation Of India's
millions as result of drought is the
most horrible thing the world can
show.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The state Of New York has placed a
ban upon the shooting Of live pigeons
by the sportsmen's tournaments, some
thing which will meet with the ap-
proval Of all humane people.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

It takes robin and, in fact, most
other birds which build any sort of
substantial nest about three days to
do the work. A sparrow will build
nest in twenty four hours and have
an egg in it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

OF the starch produced in this coun-
try 80 per cent is made from corn. a
little is made from potatoes, but unless
they can be secured at less than 20
cents per bushel they are not avail
able for this purpose.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

Yes, we would salt all the hay which
we put in the nov of the barn. 1t
makes the hay more palatable and
tends to check excessive fermentation.
A half peck of salt to the ton is about
right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

If YOU have a horse to sell, fatten
him. Fat hides multitude of faults
in q horse.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

An irrigating plant in Arizona cost
ing 100000 has developed farm and
orchard lands worth $3O,OOO,OOO.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

There is one thing in favor of blue
is always ready for business
when there is moisture enough.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The sparrow when it has pre- empted
every available nook and corner of all
buildings for nesting places will then
take to the trees, preferably ever
greens, next box elders.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

1t Is not easy to solve the problem
Of how to make both ends meet where
n man with no capital save his hands
ind, at his best earning not over $3.50
per year, has to maintain a home and
provide for family of six. Such a
man, desiring to educate his children
and live in decent wy, has hard
Job on his hands.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
one-half Of the worlds crops are
raised by irrigation.

A good test of modern athletics 10
to be able to lift farm mortgage.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

In no other country does modern
machinery cut such figure in the
production of farm crops as in the
United States. With this machinery
one man is enabled to accomplish as
much work as ten men in many Of the
old countries.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

With seven dollar hogs in sight and
big crop Of both pigs and corn al
most assured, an outbreak of cholera
may be reasonably looked for, for the
young pigs will be stuffed with new
corn to get them on the market as
soon as possible, and somehow that al
ways makes trouble.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
IMMENSE INCREASE OF WEALTH.

IMMENSE INCREASE OF WEALTH.
The boom in real estate, farm lands
particularly, has incReased marvellous
ly the wealth Of the owners Of such
lands During the past four yeari
there has been an advance in the valus
OF good farm lands In Iowa. Kansas
Nebraska and the Dakotas Of not less
than $50 per acre, which means that
the farmers Of Iowa alone are over.
$500 900 900 richer than they were four
years ago, and this increase in wealth
has not gone into the hands of spec
ulators, but each man has got his
share just in proportion as he is the
owner Of few or many acres.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The Importance of the poultry bust
ness is not realized as it should be.
While but few can go into the busi-
ness upon a large scale, it is still pos
sible for many to take up the work in
small way with profit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The man who wants to raise fruit
and does not know enough to take care
of his trees is good friend of the
nurseryman. Not 10 per cent of the
trees sold in the west at least, ever
live to bearing age.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19
SHOULD MAKE 500 A YEAR.

This is for the goodwife on the
eighty or hundred and sixty acre
farm: If you are not making clean
hundred dollars per year out of the
poultry which you may just as well
as not keep on the farm, something
is wrong, for. this amount can easily
be made, just giving ordinarily good
care to good breed Of fowls, letting
them have the run Of the farm. and II
can be done almost wholly from eggs.
This 500 you ought to make and to
have to do with as you see fit. WI
know Of plenty Of women who are
making from 500 to $175 out Of their
poultry each year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The bicycle, automobile and rural
mail delivery are trinity of agencies
which are combining in wonderful
revolution in the matter of building
better roads, the rural mail service
bringing about the most effective re-
suits.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The meanest garden weed we have ID
the sQuirreltail grass, or wild barley.
1t is the most firmly rooted Of any of
our common weeds and monopolist Of
the worst type. 1t will almost ruin
nice lawn in single season.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The overflow Of the Nile river, which
rarely fails, not only brings moisture,
put perennial fertility, to the great har-
vest fields Of Egypt. Its waters carry
in solution the stored fertility of the
mountain and tablelands Of central
Africa and for ages has made Egypt
the storehouse of the orient.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

We have never known of a case
where purely kind measures We're
taken to break in broncho. Men who
have this work to do say that force is
the only means which will tame it.
This we know-some very cruel and in
human work is done in this line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

Not one woman in ten knows how to
make nice flaky pie crust. They can
make angels food and cholera morbus
salads Of dozen kinds and all sorts Of
fancy cakes, but the ideal pie crust
beats them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

The best preventive of the cabbage
worm pest is to plant very early or
very late. The early cabbage can be
matured by the LIST of July and the
late ones planted during the last half
of July, which enables the plants to
dodge the period when the cabbage
butterfly does the most mischief.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-19

A country community is not educat-
ed up to the right point when a couple
Of slick peddlers can sell several hum
dred pounds Of connection of brown
sugar and water as pure strained
honey.