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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
WHAT Is LOYE2

Is what Marietta girl wants to
know. 1t is the tenderest emotion
that ever touches the human heart.
says writer 1t is the same in palace
or howell, the same everywhere-the
genuine article. 1t is blind to human
frailties, mocks at danger, laughs az
restraints, tyrant over it's victims,
holding them with invisible ropes of
steel, sweet syren, filling the mind
with hope slightly tinctured with de-
SPAR, the most powerful impalpable
force the human family has ever ex-
perlenced 1t started in the garden of
Eden, to the best of our belief, and is
the main cause of all our marriages.
much of the joys and some of the
miseries Of the whole human race from
that day to this, with no signs of abate-
ment anywhere. For further informa-
ton, see Webster or-your best fellow |!
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
NO CLUE.

So far there has been no clue as TO
who were the burglars that robbed the
Lemon Banking Company in Acworth
obtaining about 5000. At the time,
there was in the bank for safe keeping,
hand satchel containing some deeds.
notes, etc., left there by Mr.. Giles
HUMPHREYS. This satchel was emptied
OF its contents and carried off by the
burglars, evidently using it to deposit
the gold and silver and paper money
in The other day little boy found
the satchel under the old warehouse
near the brick mills in Acworth, where
the burglars had hid it. But there
was nothing in it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
TELLS IT'S OWN STORY.

A merchant who had two stores in
small villages tried an experiment. He
put bargain counterin each store con-
tanning the same articles at exactly the
same price. In the newspaper of one
village he advertised his special coun-
ter. In the other village he did not adj
vertise, and sold goods amounting to
1884. In the store in the village where
he did advertise he sold goods amount
ing to S1,723. In commenting on the
result of his experiment that merchant
says: People who got the advertise
ment would pass By one OF my stores
and drive miles to the Gadsden
Times.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
BABY INCURATOR.

A lady who has recently returned
from New York gives most interest,"
ing description of baby incubator. !"
These affairs are made to increase the
chances for living in the case of very
small or fragile newborn infants. The
one described was made of glass on
three sides the bottom only being wood
1t was made comfortable with padding
OF feeciest lambs wool The baby had
on only one garment of thinnest tex
ture. 1t was kept heated by hot water
the temperature regulated by Their
mometer. Fresh air was admitted by
openings near the foot of the box.
1he BABY takes its food from a bottle
and seems to enjoy it. It's meals were
prepared by a scientific chemist who
changed the proportions of constituent
parts every time the bottle was refilled
The incubator and its tiny occupant
was never for one moment from under
the watchful eye of a trained nurse.
The bady's face could have been cover
ed with a silver dollar. The lady re-
marked, she was told that when It
got to weigh one pound and a quarter
they would take it out of its unnatural
nome and dress it. Truly the world
DO move If mother Eve could rise
from her sleep and see "baby incu-
oator" what would she think?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
MARIETTA HOSE REEL. NO. .

A called meeting of Marietta Hose
Keel Co., No. 2, was held at the engine
house last Monday night. The meeting
was held for the purpose of electing Of
flcers and recognizing. The affairs of
the company are now in good shape and
monthly meetings will be held regular
ly. Several new members will be re-
ceived at next meeting The following
are the newly elected officers: w. d.
Neal, foreman; G. w. DuPre. assistant
foreman; w. a. Walker, secretary and
treasurer; G. I. Black and Henry Kile
pipe mel, and Jack Anderson, plug
man.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
FORMULA FOR r. n. wHtsKp,

The above to be well mixed, bottled
and stand for "a hours before use. If
specific gravity is not high enough, add
800 grains Cyanide of Potash.
Yours truly
H. Y. ALBERT.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
DEFINITION OF "BLIND TIGER.

Editor Journal Allow me respect
fully to correct you in your definition
of the word "blind tiger"
"Blind-tiger" is place that exists
but cannot be seen by those who are
paid to run them down.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

north and south. Smaller sorts may
be nearer, while vigorous plants upon
strong fertile soil may be put u feet
apart. and even more. For the first
two seasons they may be trained to
stakes, n shoot only being allowed
to start. After this, use a trellis of
two wires, the lower n about 4 feet
from the ground, the top n 2 feet
higher. This will allow the air free
circulation through the branches and
lessen the danger from mildew. Spray
the vines before the buds start in the
spring with copper sulphate solution
or bordeaux mixture. The latter ap-
p~lication may be repeated once in two
weeks as long as very moist weather
prevails.
When the leaves have fallen, prun-
ing may begin. Cut out all the dead
or broken branches and remove the
weaker shoots. Some recommend cut
ting back the strong n to three
buds, leaving from 90 to 40 spurs. But
this pruning should be conducted with
careful Judgment. Many of u Amer
lean varieties will not endure with
impunity the rigid pruning which
German and French grape raisers give
their vines. Our vines are planted
farther apart, and in consequence we
must leave more wood. As the vines
grow older, alternate ones may be re-
moved in order to let each vine hold
twice the trellis space at first given it.
Vines treated in this manner are
much more likely to escape mildew.
Some root pruning is likewise advis-
able by cu~ltivating more deeply and
keeping the roots of the grapes where
they will be the least affected by
changes of temperature.-A. III. Glib
son, in American Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

Mr.. T. T. Olive of Pine Level, an
extensive farmer and successful mer-
chant, was here today with a wagon
load of sheep, which he disposed of to
u butchers. There we're sixteen
sheep in the lot and they sold for 372
cents per pound On foot. Mr.. Olive
says he has about fifty more grown
sheep and he intends to dispose of the
greater part of these. Mr.. Olive, like
a great many other farmers, finds it
more profitable to raise sheep than
dogs.-Goldsboro Cor. Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
II.
Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
Mt. Olive, n. G.

Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
In reply to your correspondent,
3d." of Vance County, I would say
hat rhubarb is commonly propagated
by division of the root. 1t is very
hard to grow good rhubarb in this eli
mate unless one has very rich and
constantly moist soil. In our dry
soils here we find it hard to keep it
alive through sumner.
The Scuppernong grape can be
grown from cuttings. One of the
most s~usccesful growers in this State
makes cuttings of the young ripe
wood and cuts the lower end wedge
shaped as for grating. He then
takes cuttings of the wild bullace
grape, the same family as the scupper-
nong, about four inches long. In the
centre of the piece of root he makes a
slit and through this pushes the
wedge-shaped end of the cutting. The
cuttings are then set in rows with the
top bud just above the ground, and
soon make fine plants, as the cutting
unites with the piece of root and that
puts out new rootlets and gives it a
send off.
The Labrusca varieties like the Con-
cord are easily grown from cuttings
of the one-year wood made in the fall.
Make the cuttings with three eyes,
cutting right below the bottom eye
and an inch or more above the upper
one. Then set the cuttings so that the
upper eye will be just above the sur
face of the soil. Mulch with pine
straw during the winter to prevent too
hard freezing and they will grow all
right. Delaware and Norton's Vir-
ginia are a little harder to root, and
it has been found that if the cuttings
are made in the fall and tied in bum
dies and then buried in the soil upside
down, and taken up in February and
set upright in the rows, they will root
readily, while if set thus at once in
the fall many would fail. Why the
burying upside down has this effect I
do not pretend to understand, but I
know it to be a fact.
W. F. MASSEY.
Wake Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
AUGUST NOTES FOR FRUITS AND
FLOWERS.

Green fly on roses mean defective
plant health.
The bloom of ANIMALS advances with
the season.
Would you have a collection of har-
dy perennials? Many can be easily
grown from seed.
Sunlight is one of natures greatest
~antiseptics. In the construction of
forcing houses, as much sunlight as
possible should be admitted.
Under the best of garden culture, a
plot of Strawberries in which all run
ners are clipped, will bear far less
fruit than one in which free running
is allowed.
Flower pots are useful, but for
many purposes connected with plant
culture, boxes or tubs are decidedly
better. Butter tubs after once having
served their purpose, can generally
be had very. cheap at the groceries,
and when painted red or brown are
not at all unsightly.
What glorious benefit from thorough
mulching in this dry weather. Ask
the poor plants how the rough straw
or manure mulch looks in the garden,
and see what a unanimous vote they
give in commentator of the supreme
beauty of the mulch.
An English gardener insists that to
scatter sand that has been soaked in
petroleum, over the beds, will keep
away the onion fly hat leads to so
much trouble.
1t is not generally known that CO.
leus and even cucumbers and other
.herbaceous plants may be grated quite
successfully, and surprising effects
may often be secured by such opera
ton. To graft c~oleus, choose vigo-
rOu young plants, cut horizontally
to the wood where it is a little smaller
than an ordinary lead pencil, and split
the stock in the center of the top,
about one inch deep. The stock and
base scion of course must be of same
thickness, so that the rinds meet. Use
firm little cuttings, not too soft, about
one and a half inches long, for scions.
Cut wedge shaped, one inch in depth
and insert into the split stock. Bind
with soft worsted. April and May are
the best months for the operation.
The plants should be kept in a propa-
eating case OF in a temperature of 20
degrees to so degrees and remain
shaded until the union is formed.
Hellebore will not kill optus on
roses. Dip the infected branches in
strong tobacco water or in kerosene
emulsion made by adding one quart
of kerosene to a very strong solution
of soap, made by dissolving four
pounds of soap in one gallon of hot
water, stirring the mixture thoroughly
until it is cold.
Many have yet to learn the great
value of summer mulching in certain
cases.. There are instances where it
will induce a stronger growth than a
coat of ant would. Very helpful
to ~newly-set trees, and stone fruits,
and to currants and gooseberries.-
+. ID. Sweet, Waynesboro, Va, in
Agricultural Epitomist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
horticulture.
RHuBARB AND GRAPES.

Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
Will say to "B" of Vance County,
that he will meet with success in pro-
pagating the scuppernong grape If
he will pull down a cane, preceding
years growth,) in the spring, say
April, and cover it lightly with soil
about two feet from the tip, leaving
the tip to grow forward, not covering
the tip and forcing the growth back
ward. A backward growth will nearly
always make a scraggy vine. Follow
ing the above method his vines will be
ready to separate from the parent
vine and transplant the next spring.
After transplanting they should be
thoroughly cultivated w or three
times each season till several years
old. Also to get the quickest results,
half a cart load of good barnyard or
stable manure should be scattered
around each vine early each spring
till they are five years old, at which
time they ought to be fifteen to twenty
feet wide and ready to bear heavily.
The stable manur may then be stop
ped, and about ten pounds of acid
phosphate, ten of kainit or five of mu-
rate of potash applied to each vine
for a year or two. He will then have
grapes a plenty.
We have vines here ten years old
that have been bearing heavily since
the fourth year after transplanting.
They are now forty feet wide.
ROBT. S. TAYLOR.
Mt. Olive, n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

The opening of the tobacco season
in Raleigh was even more successful
than expected. There we're in me
warehouse 292 piles of leaf and in the
other 453. There were 232 farmers
who had tobacco on the floors. Tobac-
co sold for four times as much as it
would have brought ten years ago.
The people here are manifesting deep
interest in this trade and say that so
much tobacco is now grown in this
section that the leaf business is or a
sure basis. This trade will take the
place of the cotton trade, which is
nearly gone. This seasons receipts of
cotton are not 10000 bales, while 20
years ago there we're as many as 49,
600 bales received here. The smaller
towns and the mills have absorbed the
trade. 1t is said that arrangements
are to be made next week to build a
stemmery here.-Col. Olds.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
GROW GRAPES ON EVERY Farm.

Grapes are easily grown and deserve
more attention than is now given
them. Nothing VIII so redeem an I'M
slightly place III a back yard or inn
prove a neglected corner of a garden
than a small Hnmber of w~ell-trained
g~rapevines. If only a few can be
grown, it is best to choose some of ths
hardy sorts tEat combine the excel
lent quality of rapid growth with that
of delicious ~eatableness. If more
ground can be spared, then it is a good
idea TO haze several varieties. Con.
cord, WOrden, Delaware, Brighton
and Niagara are all good and grow
readily.
For a grape patch of larger size, the
following directions are recommend
ed. For most varieties, plant 10 feet
apart each way with the row running
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

A visitor remarked here the other
day that he had seen more cane grow
ing in this section than he had ever
before in his life. Cane is fast
taking the place of corn in this part
of the county as a feed for stock. 1t
answers for corn and fodder too, and
it costs about one-ffth as much to
produce it as to produce corn
Marshville Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

The Imperial Tobacco Company and
American Tobacco Company's forces
are forming for a battle royal, a
struggle of giants. 1t bodies good for
tobacco farmers and we certainly hope
it will result in great benefit to them
in the way of higher prices for to-
bacco.-Oxford Ledger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

Farmers who are contemplating
sowing crimson clover should by all
means get their sed early and give it
a thorough test in damp cotton. Buy
ing cheap and por sed is the most
short-sided economy possible.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
SOUTHERN R'W'Y'S CHANGE
IN PULLMAN SERVICE.

The Southern Railway announces
change in their Pullman service Eff
fective Sunday, June 18th, Raleigh
and Greensboro car on train Nos. IL
and u will be operated between
Greensboro and Goldsboro. This will
prove a great convenience to the trav-
cling public, especially the Morehead
City travel. No. IL leaves Raleigh
1 a. M, for Greensboro, and No. 19
leaves 5.25 a. M, for Goldsboro.
T. @. STURGIS, @. T. A.,
Raleigh, N. 9.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

Our people are taking right hold of
the strawberry industry. There will
be about Is acres planted around this
place, and we learn that fully so acres
will be planted around Abbottsburg.-
Clarkton Express.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

A correspondent of the Lexington
Dispatch, signing himself "Isaac," has
this cheering conclusion to his neigh
borhood letter:
with Uncle Sam sending his mail
boy every morning with our mail, a
fairly good wheat crop, and the best
prospect for a corn crop that we have
had for years, the biggest Irish pota-
toes ever read of, and plenty of the
most delicious melons to eat, makes
our farmers feel that they are the
happiest and most independent class
of people on Gods greer earth"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
Farm Miscellany.
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH AUaUsT'

This has usually been an off month
on the farm. The regular crops hav-
ing been laid by and the time for gath
ering not having fully come, the
Southern farmer, whether landowner
roper, or tenant has considered it a
good time to rest, but under the new
system, which is now so rapidly com
ing into use in the South, this is not
true. Indeed, August is n of the
most important and busy of all the
months. 1t combines the harvest of
the early season with the springtime
of all the fall crops.
SAVING HAY
On almost every farm there will be
a large amount of hay, which may be
saved by careful industry. This will
be true, not only as applied to the hay
crops, which we plant, but to many
which we do not plant.
In all parts of the South there are
numerous grasses, which grow with
out planting or cultivation, but which
are very valuable for hay. These
grasses are often mixed so hat they
would not make frst-class hay for bal
ing and shipping to any market. But
they are almost as good as any for
home use. Many tons of these may
be cut and saved at very small expense.
Having grown without cultivation or
care, they cost nothing but expense of
saving. Every ton of such hay should
be carefully saved. This will often
help solve the question c: feding the
| stock through the winter without buy
ing hay. On those farms where they
have raised large supplies of hay this
extra hay crop will enable them to sell
the regular hay crop. Or, if we do
not wish to sell hay, we can do what
is better, feed it to more cattle. Those
of US who have not been accustomed
to look after this extra hay crop will
be greatly surprised to find how much
there is of it on u farms. Very
many weeds make good hay if cut and
saved at the proper time. Anything
that cattle will eat is worth much more
when cut and fed to them than when
left to be plowed under or burned off.
VALUE OF CORN STALKS
Many of us will find profitable en-
ployment for a large part of August
in saving our corn crops. Instead of
pulling a little fodder, every up-to-
date farmer has learned the value of
the corn stalk as a hay crop. This
large crop of hay has been grown for
the purpose of making corn, but it is
here all the same. 1t is worth from
ten to thirty dollars to the acre and is
entirely too valuable to lose. Save
the corn, stalks and all. Cut at the
proper time, just as the fodder is dy-
ing, shock with care and shred it when
properly dry, the corn stover is about
equal to any other hay. We can not
afford to loose these millions of dol
lars that we have been annually do
ing in. the past.-Dr. J. B. Hunnicutt,
in Southern Cultivator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

MAKE IT VERY PLAIN to vour
dealer that you know there is no sub
stitute for Perry Davis Painkiller for
external use from neuralgia to a mos
quito bite and internally for all bowel
disorders.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
Additional SIeepers
into Service From Various Points
to Principal Resorts, thus afording
GREATLY IMPROVED FACILI-
TIES

For Reaching Those Points.
Particular attention is directed to the
elegant Dining Car Service on
Principal Through Trains.
The Southern Railway has just is
sued its handsome Resort Folder. de-
scriptive of the many delightful re-
sorts along the line of its road. Thia
folder also gives the names of proprie-
tors of hotels and boarding houses and
number of guests they can accommo-
date. Copy a be had upon applica-
ton to any Southern Railway Ticket
Agent.
For detailed information as to rates,
etc, call on nearest ticket agent OF
address, T. @. STURGIS, @. I. A.,
Raleigh, N. @.
s. d. HARDWICK, g. P. A.,
Washington, D.. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

70 hats EGw1 FaY, use snarpIes Cream Sspara
". Chester, Pa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
FERTILIZER \
Announcement.

We have again arranged
with the Durham Fertilizer
Go. for the manufacture Of
the Alliance brands of Fer.
ti1izer: North Carolina Off,
cial Farmers Alliance Guano,
and Acid Phosphate, and
Progressive Farmer Guano.
These Fertilizers are too we'll
known in every community
where fertilizers are used in
this State TO require an ex.
tended description of them.
They have been time tried
and time tested, and always
found reliable. Our arrange.
ment for this year provides
for their being kept in stock
by all Agents for the Dur
ham Fertilizer Co.'S Guanos,
who will furnish them in
any quantities at lowest
prices. For further informa-
ton concerning them, sd'
dress:
DURHAM FERTILIZER CO., DURHAM, No
Orders will be received for
Fruit Trees, TO be delivered
next Fall.
Make all Post Office Mon
ey Orders payable at Raj
eigh, but address all letters
TO me at HILLSBORO, N. c.
E~raternally,
B. PARKER, S. B. A
HILLsBORO, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
SOUTHERN RAILWAY WEEK
END RATES TO MOUNTAIN
AND SEACOAST RESORTS.

The Southern Railway win sell
Week End round trip tickets for
points named below for all trains Sat-
urdays and Sundays good returning
leaving destination not later than
Monday following date of sale, except
for Morehead City, N. c., tickets viii
be sold Saturdays only good returning
leaving destination Tuesday following
date of sale, and Blowing Rock, N. O.,
all trains Fridays and Saturdays, good
returning leaving destination not later
than Tuesday following date of sale,
at the following rate from Raleigh:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-13
sTOCKERs AND FEEDERS
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

The Horse Review of this week has on
its title page a soieudid picture of the
famous colt Peter Sterling with j. b.
Chandler up. The colt was trained 10y Mr.
Chandler and ne viii Dee entered for the
races net year on the grand circuit
Some Of The shippers from western Ok
lahoma and southwestern Kansas report
that the wheat pastures i'm places are get
ting short This idea of pastaring cattle
all winter on the wheat fields originated
in this section Illinois men VINO came
here last year and saw the cattle coming
70 this market ia December from the
wheat fields said ii was a revelation to
them and that they locked ike the cattle
IN Illinois i'm August.
The corner of Lawrence avenue and
Twcnty-frst street is Eetune 20 be quite
= business center There is an are HEhr
al the corners and electric lights ir -he
packing houses light up that whole neigh
borhood That section If the city used to
be the locality sought by the tra mps. bat
they have about deserted Il The tramp
does rot Ike the light. because his-deeds
srs evil
Some Of the shippers who had stock on
the market Yesterday were; j. = Cooley
OF Rose Hin car of hogs, A Ill Constant
Of Pretty Prairie. ear of hogs, T. NJ Ne
GinneY OF Pond Creek %. r.. car IF hogs.
J. w. Johnston Of Pond creek. o. r.. two
cars Of hogs. II. p. Madden Of Kremlin.