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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-11-18

day, and it was necessary to infict
severe punishment in order to sup
press it. The law of 1854 provided
that any person "counterfeiting, al
tering or erasing any of the public
bills of credit of this province" or
knowingly passing any such bills
should, for the first offence "be whip
ped at the discretion of the court,
y n y not exceedingly forty lashes,
and stand on the pillory two hours,
and have both his ears nailed thereto,
and cut off; and for the second Of
fence, be deemed a felon, without
benefit of clergy, and be adjudged
and suffer accordingly"
But this law, it is stated, was
found Intellectual, and in 1779, one
more sweeping and more drastic was
put into force. It provided that no
person should Fby printing, writing,
engraving, or any other way or
means, counterfeit or attempt to
counterfeit" any money of any State
or of the United States, or any lot
terry tickets of the United States, or
any certificates from the loan Office
Of this State or of the United States;
nor should he initiate or counterfeit,
or possess any instrument for coun-
terfeiting, "any part, word, letter,
emplem, or device thereof" The pun
ishment for the first offence was that
the culprit should "stand in the pill
lory three hours, and have his right
ear nailed to the pillory and cut of,
and receive on his or their bare back
t~hirty-nine lashes, and be branded
with a red hot iron On the right cheek
with the letter O and on the left
cheek with the letter M (brands at
least one inch In length and three
quarters of an inch in breadth), and
be imprisoned at the discretion of
the court, not exceeding one year,
and forfeit one-half of his or their
goods \ to the State" To pass
counterfeit money knowingly
brought to the offender one hour in
the pillory, the loss of one ear, thir-
ty-nine lashes, and the confscation
of half his goods-this for the first
offence. The person convicted the
second time, either of counterfeiting
or of passing counterfeit money, did
not enjoy such a wide variety of PEN
a~lties; "death without benefit of cler-
gy' was the sole punishment.
DEATH PENALTY FOR HORSE STEAL.
ING.
Horse stealing was another offence
with which our ancestors did not
deal lightly. From the earliest his
tory of the province until 1886 it
seems to have been punishable by
death. In that year, however, the
Assembly declared it to be "incon-
sistent with the policy of a well-reg-
ulated government that the crime of
DEMONSTRATING should be subjected to
a punishment as severe as that which
is inflicted for the most ~atrocious Of
fence of which human nature is cap
IL - "
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-11-18
CONTEMPLATING.

The crude methods of making pa
per money in the eighteenth century
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-11-18
r HEUMACIDE CURED HON.
II 81. HARTLEY.

THE BOBBITT DRUG co.
Gent emen: / had rheumatism for
more b Is years In my right arm and
shoulder. Tried many remedies with
out relief. In fall of 1899 my shoulder
became stiff and l could not use it. MI.
]. B. Smith, druggist, OF Lexington,
recommended RHEUMAC1 DE. /
bought n bottle and before using half
Of 1t, found it was relieving me. BE-
fore finishing third bottle 1 could raise
and straighten my arm. n it has
cured me. Very respectfully,
(Signed) H. II. HARTLEY.
Mr.. Hartley is n of the most prOmi.
nent and highly respected citizens of
V1dSo County and represented his
county in the last Legislature.
Rheumactde ia the standard rheuma-
tic remedy. Avoid substitutes. All drug.
gtRtS sill it Price 81.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

wich man. or a distributor of circu-
lars to succeed.
Oliphant won with every branch of
the trade, and as he rambled over
the incompatible land of the after
noon" made for himself plans of the
future, which contemplated settling
down in his favorite town with his
favorite girl to spend the afternoon
and evening Of his life in the calm
avoidance Of hotels, time tables, price
lists and route schedules. Perhaps 1t
was a natural sequence. but anyway
it was Oliphant's luck to find that the
best girl he knew lived in the very
town upon which he had set his heart.
The town was Hermosa, a picture vii
lage nesting in the mountains lap
The girl was Hannah Trip, buyer,
bookkeeper, partner and general mana
ger Of one Of the two general stores
Of the town.
For nearly ten years she had been
one Of his best customers. From his
first visit he had never failed to get
from Hannah an order for hardware,
wooden ware, china ware, druggists
sundries, paint and putty, or whatever
happened to be "his line" Old man
Tripp, her father, left all the buying
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

1t has been noted in the Chicago
prints that the work done in the public
schools in the field of literary compo
sitiOn shows a remarkably high aver
age of merit. This popular progress in
the use of language is not surprising,
considering the extent to which the
daily newspaper has Of late years en-.
larged its scope, bringing to every
home information concerning art and
sciences, which has hitherto been in,
accessible, except to the comparative
few. 1t has frequently been declared
that this generation must stand before
posterity unrepresented by any literary
genius worthy of the name. Such o
lack would, however be fully compen.
sated for by the general scholarship
which the masses may boast to-day,
thinks the Washington Star.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
Dogs as Scouts.

Captain Steele, of the Sixth Infan-
try, after an experience of the condi-
tions of warfare in the Philippines,
strongly urges that dogs should be at
tached to the army In the Army and
Navy Journal he expresses the opinion
that dogs are the only scouts that can
secure a small detachment against
ambush on the trails through these
tropical jungles.
The bush is so dense that fiankers
are out Of the question:; and the trails
are so crooked and over such rough
territory that the point, at one or two
hundred yards, Is out of sight of the
main body. The insurgents lying in
ambush usually, or often, let the point
pass and open with a volley upon the
wagons and main body Of the escort.
They open from apparently impenetra-
BILE jungle, and at a range from thirty
to two hundred yards. They fire one
or two volleys, then usually run away.
Sometimes never a man Of them can
be seen.
The dogs, pointers or hounds, would
need little training Their instinct for
hunting anN shifting in every hole and
corner would be sufficient to justify
their use. -..-.-----.-..-..-
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

From Virginia comes the plant that
the peanut crop is no longer what it
used to be-. Prices have steadily fallen
until now the farmer gets but about
seventy-ive cents a bushel for his
crcp; at this rate, it is said, tillerg Of
the soil about Petersburg are no longer
able to exc out a living. Even a col
ony Of Bohemians, industrious, thrifty,
frugal folk, who give but little of their
goods for pleasures or frivolities, have
decided to abandon the venture and
move further west. Peanuts, it ap-
pears, cost from seventy-hve cents to
81 bushel to raise, and to that may
be added the further disadvantage OF
greatly exhausting the soil. Good
crops cannot be grown without extern
sive application Of fertilizers, while
the cost of this aid to their growth
eats up what profit might otherwise
remain
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

Hammers goln' to taown that worrits
me most She cried like baby when
we went over them invoices an looked
over what we owe. Why, the best
price can git for the store won't
more'n pay what we owe, an I'll pay it
if I've got to die in the poorhouse."
Oliphant heard no more, said no
more till the old chap asked
What are you selIn' this timer"
Nothing, Tripp, nothing. Fact is, 1
just-Tripp, did you know that Axel-
stein was selling out?"
Yes, / knowed it. He's sellin' out
becuz he's too rich for Hermosa an
I'm sellin' out becuz I'm too pore"
He's sold out, Trip. Sold out this
morning"
$50? Wonder who bought him?
Some other skin-f1int, 1 reckon"
Just then Hannah, pale, tired and
Juggling big telescope valise, came in,
stared a second at Oliphant, gave him
her hand and sat down on a soap box.
II missed my train, papa" was all
she said.
"Glad of it, Hammer" said Tripp.
Here's Oliphant been telling that old
Axelstein has done sold his store.
Wonder who bought it."
why, he bought it, papa. Mr.. OIL
plant bought it himself not two hours
ago. It's all over town" Hannah's
blue eyes regarded her lover a bit re.
proacnfully as she said this. Perhaps
she was thinking Of the dead stock in
the wareroom; perhaps she was won>
dering why he didn't at least make q
bid on her fathers store. The big fel-
low, with his back to the door, was
doing little thinking, too. Gradually
smile spread over his face as he be-
gan to divine the reason why Hannah
missed her train, but this is what he
said:
"Fact is, Hannah, just dropped
over to look over your stock. AXelstein
was telling me you're long on some
lines, and as he's short on the same
sort OF goods, so thought"
what lines?" she asked, hope and
shame rising together in her heart.
wooden ware, hardware, china
ware, druggists sundries, paint and
put"
Papa" she snapped, turning on the
old man, you've been telling tales
about m-m-mee-ee-e." And she sat
down again and cried.
Trip & Oliphant is the sign over the
only general store in Hermosa now.
The old man does most Of the buying
himself, and Dexter Oliphant has al
ready worked off" dill Of the dead
stock.
Hannah never did catch that train
to Denver.-John H. Raftery, in the
Chicago Record Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
She Could Keep a Secret.

The one secret that women know
how to keep is, according to unklnd
critics, that of their age. They will tell
everything else that is intrusted to
their keeping but never, even in mo-
ment of expansive indiscretion, will
they be induced to reveal the number
Of their years.
OF course this isn't always true.
Many feminines tell their ages and
those of their women friends with as
much freedom as their brothers would
give the same intelligence concerning
themselves, but one elderly lady who
recently died was, in the matter Of Sc
cretiveness, q marvel to her acquaint-
ances.
No one except her own brothers and
sisters knew her age Her husband did
not, though she was married to him
thirty years or more. When the mar
riage license had to be bought the
bride vouchsafed the information that
she was more than eighteen" That
was all; so the hard-hearted best man
put her down as twenty-five years of
age.
In the years that followed she never
spoke of her birthdays. Once, when
she was asked If she was born in June
she replied that she didn't remember.
The natal days Of others in the family
were celebrated, but hers never. She
would talk well on any subject in the
world but ages; on this one she was alb
solutely dumb.
Before she expired she made a sin
gle request of her husband. "Please
don't allow any dates to appear in the
obituary notices or on my tombstone"
she asked. Il don't like dates"
And so her secret died with her, and
though her women friends surmised
that she must at least be ten years old.
er than her husband to justify this sem
sitiveness, it is quite possible that she
was nothing of the sort. She did not
look II. She merely had a horror Of
being reminded Of the passage of time.
This was, of course, a very unusual
case, but 1t is sufficient evidence that a
woman can keep a secret and she will.
Baltimore News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

my mind t sell out. I"
Sell out? gasped Oliphant Why,
dint know-why didn't you tell
me"
Yep; sell out, that's what. And
Hammers gone to Denver for to be
school teacher"
why, l thought you never would
sell out, Tripp," 0liphant was saying
Il thought your heart was so set on
this business"
"An' so twas" growled Trip. 81
thought Hammer never made no mis-
takes an l left the buyin' all to her.
Jest look here, Oliphant."
The old fellow got off his stool and
led the way back into the musty ware
room, where he stood in melancholy
solemnity pointing to piles and rows Of
dust-covered wooden ware, china ware.
hardware, druggists sundries, paint
and putty.
There's $4,000 wuth o. them burned
things" said Tripp. Lord knows what
made Hammer buy 'em. But she did
an what's more she paid for 'em, am
stood off the firms which was sellin'
us live goods"
Oliphants eyes were bulging as he
strolled amongst the mountains Of
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

According to the calculations Of 0
Kansas State University professor the
wind blew 117,340 miles in the sun
flower State during 1901. That is tc
say, at the university observatory the
average height of the wind for the
year was thirteen miles an hour, OF
800 miles a day. Commenting on these
figures the Kansas City Journal proud
ly observes that "if the Kansas wind
had blow steadily all around the earth
bit Of paper carried in it would have
Travelled the circumference Of the globe
about five times.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

The farmers of Massachusetts, are
wcrth S1S2, 2,846,704, and the percentage
of income upon their investment is
1885, This is part of the information
supplied by a census bulletin, which
proves that farming has not sunk into
innocuous desuetude in the Old Bay
State, even if Mr.. Carnegie is worth
more than all the farmers put together
Though the developments Of recent
years have compelled changes in the
Industry, it is a mistake to suppose
that they are all unfavorablc, and to
associate them with sterile fields and
abandoned homes. For while the cul.
tiyation Of grain on a large scale has
ceased, and there is less improved land
than there used to be- the gardeners
and horticulturists and dairymen are
making more money than their prede-
cessOrs who raised cereals. The pro.
ductive power Of the average farm
was never so great as it is now, COM
ments the Chicago Record Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
An Unanswerable Argument.

Before mother came" tearfully said
Mrs. Newliwed, "you promised me you
would do all you could to make her
stay pleasant, and instead you insulted
her by staying away from the house
all the time she was here"
"Well, let us reason the case a little
Bit" said Newliwed. "Your mother
doesn't like me a bit, does she7"
moo" admitted Mrs. Newliwed re-
luctantly.
"And when you don't like person
you don't want to be around them any
more than you have to, do you|
mo"
"Well, then, don't you think did all
that / possibly could 10 make her visit
q pleasant one T'--Indianapolis Sun. =.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

Mr. Carnegie's epitaph, as he called
1t in HobOken, namely, Here lies a
man who knew how to get around
him a great many men who were much
cleverer than he was himself" re-
peats gossip which has been flowing
out of Pittsburg for many years. We
have often heard that the man Of the
Carnegie institution was not Andrew
of that ilk; that the true homo ex ma
china was some other fellow, some
concealed genius, who, when he left
for other business, would leave Mr..
Carnegie exposed as figurehead. The
latter had got arounl him clcverer
men than himself, and when they left
him his peculiar fame would collapse.
Well, we have seen several gentlemen
successfully reputed to be the myste-
rious force CT Carnegielsm get out of
the business without checking its
growth until finally Mr.. Carnegie him
self left, in a blaze Of millions, still
unexposed and undetected. There is
no objection, however, TO his starting
an academic discussion as to whether
the man who attaches a cleyerer to
himself or the clever man who at
taches himself to another not so clever
Is the cleyerer, observes the New York
Sun. ----------....-..--- .....
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
Not 70 HiA Advantage.

"Huhw grumbled Mr.. Skinnay, who
was being uncomfortably crowded by
the jolly looking fat man, these cars
should charge by weight"
"Think so?" replied the fat man.
"WAy, they'd hardly think it worth
while to stop for you."-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
WHEN JIM plEDi

When Jim died, all th' neighbors came
from fur an near.
Pears like to me they held him Just as
dear
As mother did an mej fer they all came
in to gaze
Once more on his calm, pale face, an q sort
o. haze
Seemed to settle on their eyes, fer l seen
tn tears
A.triclSlin' down their cheeks-maybe tn
fust fer years
When Jim died.
When Jim died tn birds stopped singin'
in tn trees,
Fer they missed him, you know; an tn
golden-belted bees
Flittin' Ger tn meadows whispered to tn
clover
1t would kiss his bare, brown feet no
more; an tn plover
An the ldldee in tn rushes an tn fen
Seemed ever TO be calm that he'd never
come again
When Jim died.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
Eve S~LA.
Trade Graft.

I'VE are turning out some very elab'
crate scales" said the agent. Some
that will attract the attention CT your
customers"
"Do you suppose 1 want my custom
ers to watch the scales?" asked the
surprised butcher. "Give me the plain
est style you ve."-Chicago News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
An Improved NeigtIborhood.

Mrs. UppishA"Just think, it's only
six months ago since we moved away
from next door to you. We're in a
much better neighborhood now."
Mrs. Sharpe-"So are We"
Mrs. Uppish-"Why, where did you
move"
Mrs. Sharpe-"Oh, we haven't moved
at all."-Philadelphia Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
Not ConcIueive.

He-"I suppose you know I'm sing
ing at your church now|
She-"No, l didn't"
He-"But surely your brother Jack
told you l had joined the choir there"
She-"Oh, yes; he did tell me that
Philadelphia Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
,+sN
Unronantic.

"He has called every evening for the
last two weeks" said the fair girl.
"Indeedv said Miss Cayenne.
"Do you think he truly loves me|
"Well, it is not always easy to deter
mine whether q young man goes out
calling because he likes the company,
or because his own room is chilly
Washington Star. -,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
WASHINGTON, D. c. !

There is both wit and philosophy in
Mrs. Shaw's remark in the New York
World that 'log cabins are getting so
scarce that it's hard nowadays for
great man to know where to be born"
America is outgrowing her log-cabin
days. but not, let us hope, the habit Of
producing great men.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
AImost DiscourapInp.

1--WE are going to have a number Of
beautiful libraries" said the happy
man.
Eyes" answered the gaunt person
with the lustrous eye. "It is a terrible
responsibility to Put upon this genera
tion. l don't know who is going to
write the books worthy of such mag
nifcent surroundings" - Washington
Star. ,.-
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

dead stock" It was all his goods.
Hannah had not only bought from
him, but had paid his house and let
others wait for their pay.
"That there's the reason why I'm
agoin' to sell out" said Trip, but it's
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
No Question About 1t.

Clare-"who is the greater fool, man
or woman"
Fred-"Why man, of course"
Clare-"I'm surprised to hear you ad-
NIT it."
Fred-"Well, it's the truth. Not con-
tent with his own troubles he has to
find some woman and shoulder hers,
too."-Chelsea (Mass) Gazette.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

to her, and so far as Oliphant knew
she was as shrewd as she was pretty,
and as good q fnancier as she was u
good housekeeper. The rival store Of
Hermosa was kept by Ike Axelstein, a
weazen huckster Of forbiddipg mien,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
In n Hurry.

'I regret to say, sir, that your little
daughter has been run over by an au-
tomobile."
"Where is the villain that did it?"
"Ke couldn't wait, as he had several
important social engagements" DE
troit Free Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

Jim was a clrious chap-not like other
boys;
He had his own way O. talsin' life, with its
joys
An sorrows; he loved birds an flowers, an
III bet
He never much as trod on a timid violet
That peeped shyly thro' the grass. Like
music Of flute
The birds sang to him, but their voices
now are mute
Since Jim died.
Since Jim died, pears like to me mother
amt so spry
AS she used to be; there's a sadness in her
eye
An voice that sort O cuts me to tn heart
for Jim
Had allus been her pet sence he was born
she loved him
Better. than the rest, he was her boy; she
don't complain,
Mother don't, but then she's never been
tn same
Since Jim died.
Rochester Post-Express.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
-rr snnrpnAn err,

ZEN is II permanent instltC-
hon--a tixture at the Nationaj
Capital. Thousands aud thou
sands of people can testify to
the good work II has accom-
plished during the past five
years in the line OF suburban
Inprovement. 1t is the only
pewspe per In the District OF
Columbia that maintaing q
punching bureau, whose dnty
Il is to punch up the authori-
ties and keep thom awake 20
Ihe needs CT the suburbs. On
that account II deserves and Ia
receiving substantial enoouE@
ggran1ant.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
Proved.

Strawber "Monkton says he fol-
lowed your advice about speculating,
and lost $4,000 by It,"
Singerly-"Did he? Well, I always
knew he was a chump."-Detroit Free
Press. W, ,.4. .-
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
Alas,

First Man-"She is a most lovable
woman"
Second Nfan-"Isn't she? Just the
kind that you never fall in love with"
Detroit Free Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
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And He was stOne.Broke.

4 am building" the pensive maiden said,
"A castle in the air.
And what is in the cornerstone" he
asked.
She answered.. "a solitaire"
Smart Set,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15
In No Doubt About the Price.

"How do you know whether that's
:errapin or muskrat you're eatingT
II don't. All know is that I'm pay
ng for terrapin. Chicago Tribune.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

who had not bought 500 worth from
Oliphant in as many months.
The good natured Oliphant, who
loved Hannah's tilial loyalty best Of
all her good qualities, had wooed her
in the most unromantlc and most ra-
tional way, and, old man Trip having
been kept out of the secret for reasons
which Hannah kept to herself, she
had promised to name the wedding
day, when, by a fortuitous combina-
tion, her lover had made up his mind
to quit the road and her father had
made up his mind to quit business.
At last one day, after an absence of
six months, Oliphant walked into the
store Of Trip & Co., and for the first
time found the old man enthroned on
the high stool behind the cashiers desk.
where's Miss Hannah?" chirped
the rosy travelling man, after they had
exchanged salutations.
Left for Denver this morning." said
Tripp, sliding his spectacles down to
the end of his nose, "but We don't want
nothin' n9how. Fact is, made up
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

he always got The trade and held It
until some enterprising manufacturer
offered him a higher salary and sent
him forth to new. triumphs with a diff
ferent display Of samples. That was
III the old days, Of course-before near
ly every speciality fell into the hands
Of some trust-in the good old palmy
days when a commercial traveller had
to be something more than a "sand-
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

30 wears Of constant study OF Catarrh OF the
Nose and Throathave convinced DR.. Jones that
his AMERICAN cATARRH CURE is the best of
all remedies for these annoying complaints
Neither douehc nor Etopiizer are necessary in
using it. Tho American Catarrh Cure restores
the hearing, cures the hawking, cough and
expeetorction, removes the headache and nose
bleeding. 1t also Improves the appetite, pro-
dueeB sound sleep, invlgorstcS tho wtolS
system and increases the vitality.
Sold by druggists. Aleo delivered by mail
on receipt OF Sl.0O, by DIl. ". 3. JONES
No. lCo North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-15

TOR ten years Dexter Oliphant
IL was the best known drummer
in the far West. 1t didn't
q matter what his Zine" was,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-26

The Merry -go-round is running ev-
cry afternoon and evening at Military
Plaza. Splendid music by Blind Tom.
Good order kept. 130~132.