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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
THIS WEEKS PAPER-soME RANDOM 49,
MFNT.

4&4O W&2&@ NANUOM F0RP
MENT.
So widespread is the belief in "hollow bouuo
ehollow tail" ETC., that DIR. TAFT Buffers orHJ
on this subject will be read with unusual ;n+or
est. A man of wide practical experience and -
thorough scientific training, he speaks az
having authority and his conclusions NAV bo .
cepted without reserve.
cd. L." of Craven County, is always a welcome
contributor. His last letter, "a Farmers Sa+rr-
day Evening Musings" has been much praised bv
our readers.
The letter from Mr.. Mcdowell, of Mecklenburo
reached us while our last issue was on the press
That number contained the article by Mr.. J. T.
Green on the Union County telephone system
and on page 10 of this paper is another article
describing a farmers mutual telephone COM
pany. Any inquiries sent US will have prompt at
%tention.
Mr.. r. w. SCOTS article in our last number,
Building Up Worn-out Clay Lands" made a de-
cided hit. CAN especially valuable article; I
wish every farmer in North Carolina could read
it." is the verdict of perhaps the best-known
Judge in this State-a judge who is also a farmer
and from this verdict there will be no appeal.
The companion piece to Mr.. SCOTS article, by
Mr.. Brawley, also abounds in practical sugges-
tions, and we commend it to our readers.
Neither young men nor young women" says
DR.. Sy1vanus Stall, "can afford to read fiction be-
fore they are twenty-five years of age, There is
too much that is indispensable for intelligence,
for laying of foundation principles for study,
for business, health and morals, that need to be
read first. If fiction is read before a correct
taste is formed and foundation principles laid,
the best books will never be read at all" There
is much truth in this, but it is also true that a
young man or woman in the country often gets
a chance to read a frst-class novel when no other
frst-class literature is available. In such cases
let the fiction be welcomed. It is better to read
a great novel than a newspaper that is filled
with sensational news or partisan abuse or a
second-grade book of theology, politics or eS7
says. IF a man must read fiction, however,
let him read the best. A good list Of novels will
be found on page 6.
The first instalIment of Capt. B. F. Whites
article on Negro Life and Character During
and After Slavery" appears on page Z. This ar
ticle has been awarded the prize for the best let
ter furnished for this series, though the excellent
letter by Rebecca, in our issue of July 2lst'
was a close second. The prize book, Brooks
"Life of Lee" has been forwarded to Capt
White.
Our news pages report continued decline IN
the price of stocks and the disastrous conSe-
quences to a number of North CarolinianS VINO
have hoped to get something for nothing a
young Raleigh lawyer declared last week that the
two bucket shops" here are doing more harm
than any two bar-rooms in the city. The gamO-
ling evil is indeed one of the gravest menaceS 10
American character. The very same principe
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

hit we make them because you will probably look
around during this leisure season and lay plans
for next year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

The best program ever printed for a State
Alliance meeting is that of this year, and the
indications are that the attendance will be large.
We direct attention to the program for Wednes-
day, as given on page u. The railroads have
granted the usual reduction in rates, tickets on
sale, August 10, II and u.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

ment of his death: Mr. du Chaillu was man
whom you couldn't frighten. Danger seemed
to enIiven him. I'll never forget a ride he
once took with He sat in the last car OF
the train, d parlor car, and we came near haV-
ing a rear end collision.
Mr.. Gu Chaillu, from his seat, could see Ihe
other train approaching us-couid see thit 1"
collision WAS prettv near inevitable He said
to me as / took my stand beside him:
Conductor have you got piece of chalk
What on earth, sir l asked. do you want
with n piece of chalk now?
why it looks he answered, as if our legs
and arms would be flying about in little while
and / think it would be good thing to marx
them. so that we may Identify them later
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

vived five or six operations at different times
and for different injuries. The operator is an
hereditary shaman. priest. and the methods
are clumsy, painful and tedious. vet the victim
glories in the Undemonstratve endurance of the
ordeal
.'Trephining is well known among certain
savages The South Sea Islanders were, when
first seen by the white men, acquainted with
the operation, which was performed by scraping
with a flint instrument d sharks tooth.
after contact with the whites q piece of broken
glass The aperture commonly covered
with a piece OF Cocoanut shell. The mortality
has been estimated at 30 per cent, yet the
treatment Is said 10 have been so common in
early days that most of the male adults had un-
dergone one or more operations. Even III pre-
historic times tIephiIing WAS not uncommon in
various parts Of the world, as has been shown
by Investigators in this and other countries
The characteristics Of the crauIa, which tne
Bureau OF Ethnology viii exhibit at St Louis,
throw some light the motives actuaung the
primitive practitioners Of Peru Sixteen or
eighteen OF the specimens are almost certainly
masculine. and represent early and vigorous
maturity. Although these ErInninS skulls ap-
pear as q history OF accidents, indicating tnat
The individuals lived eyentful, albeit short lives,
INJURED to blood and pain and accustomed to
facing danger Professor McGee says that some
Of the peculiar scoriugs on the skulls are doubt
less records Of ceremonial obserNances in which
wounds were inflicted young men chosen Tor
initiation into militant or other orders me
scars indicate LESSONS no more serious and prob
ably less painful than those Of the Mandan and
HidatSa tribes Of North America, while some
Of the Pueblo Indians have initiatory ceremonies
involving symbolic woundng of the head, which
can only be regarded as the vestige OF an
archaic custom OF actual wounding in lnitia-
ton
In every case in which the marks of instru-
raentation are preserved they point clearly ana
plainly TO the Use OF primitive tools manly OF
wholly of stone. There is no evidence or sug-
gestion that metal used IL any part OF the
treatment. and there is, says Professor McGee'
not the slightest suggestion that these primitive
or.erati tions We're Influenced by the refined neIh-
DDS of civilization The inherent evidence OF
tho collection appears to prove that all these
cases Of trephining antedated the advent OF the
white man. and are essentially prehistoric
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
DISAPPOINTED At PEER.

cood story about the Earl of Yarmouth
c,,,. ont the other day. 1t seems that the
,,o,7ne. man and Miss Thaw dined with Pltts-
burg family q week before their wedding Inc
5argbter of the hostess, a little girl OF nine
wears. sat opposite to the earl. and not once
did she take her big. grave eyes from ms 1aee
Finally she said: Are yo1 an Engish loro'
sir"
Yes" he answered. laughing. / am al
English lord
Really and truly"
Yes. really and truly
She regarded him in silence for moment
Il never saw an English lord before she SAID
i have always been very anxious to see oiie-
And now that you have seen one you ai (
satisfied, aren't you?" the young man saIu any
NO, ! am not satisfied lhe H'"e si'i
turned i am disappointed
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
PEOPLE or PERSIA.
Continued from third page

picturesque than truth. a chief part of their
conversation is lattery. and the higher the rank
Of d man the more e.travagant are the compli-
ments paid him.
brother OF Muzaffer-ed-D Din, the present
Shah. one time was telling of . hunting eXpedi-
ton il when he had pursued palr Of an
teIopes.- ne chambtr Hnere the prince told the
story was filed uI,n oIncers OF the Persian
army. Mouahs. or Moslem puests and courters,
All nsJeueu gray ely.
but whiIe 1 Was chasing the antelope con-
tinuel the prince, my noses headsta1 broke"
Then, turning 10 LHglsnn..n present. he
added:
IN such a case what would you have done?'
i snoud have stuck 10 my seat and waited
for the horse to run itself tired" said the Eng
lishman
All, that's because you are not prince" was
the reioinder. Now see what / did. took of
my belt. leaned forward and opened the horses
mouth, and put the belt in the place of the
bride. Then. with my horse under perfect con-
troll l overlook the antelopes and killed them
The crowd applauded, and each remarked
"Blesed be Allah, brave prince"
The noble narrator, however, noticed puz-
zled expression on the Englishmans face. and
asked with some astonishment:
What don't you believe me-" The Britisher
tried to answer the question indirectly, but the
prince told him to be perfectly frank, he
derstood foreigners liked candor. At this the
6oubting guest confessed he did not believe the
story.
You are right" replied the prince. smilingly,
it was lie" The priests, officers and courtiers
smiled and when the prince broke into a laugh
all laughed The princes confession appeared
TO be regarded as q tremendous joke.
A Kentuckian would find occasion frequently
to reach for his revolver in Persia 1t is the
usual thing when some one makes a remark
able statement to interrupt him with:
You lie!''
If the speaker wants il understood he was not
lying. he calls upon Allah 10 prove him truthful.
Otherwise he merely smiles.
Despite the avowed hostility of the present
ruler to the ancient ''mudakhil" or 'pickings," 4
practice which a Tammany man would term
graft this species of blackmail is still an es
sential business principle in Persia. Before
Muzaffer-ed-Din came to the throne in 1896,
on the assassination OF his father, graft" was
not only the basic principle Of commerce. but of
government as we'll and such il had been since
time immemorial. For example, the Shah sold
his appointments Of the provincial governor
ships to the highest bidder. The governors sold
the privilege of farming the taxes for certain
sum to the ''kalantar" or tax collector. VINO
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
TVDISM4YED BY PERIL.

The late Paul du Chaillu was man OF IN
7or,,itable bravery. Nothing perturbed MIN III
the most desperate crises his air was calm ana
somewhat humorous. ,.,
Ono Of the veteran conductors OF the PennsyI-
,,io Railroad said of him on the announce
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11
A Peculiar Hotel.

Gin little town in the backwoods
Of Miss issippi, remarked travelling
man, there is peculiar hotel. 1t is
Just like any other hotel, except in
the way the rooms are named They
are not numbered, as is generally
done, but each room is named FIR q
State of the United States. When i
stopped at the place / was assigned
to the room called Delaware. 1t WAS
correctly named, to, for it was one
of the smallest rooms in the house. A
man who was occupying New Hamp-
shire made complaint to the landlord
that the man in Maine was drunk
and boistrous, and was thus keeping
him awake. This seemed strange, when
we recall that Main is a prohibition
State. Two men up in Montana
were keeping up the reputation of the
wild West by engaging in noisy
poker game. A big fat capitalist had
New York, which was the best room
in the house. The room named Ala
bama is too ordinary for anything, and
farmer was occupying it the night l
was in there 1t was fun to stand
in the Office and hear a bellboy tell
the clerk that towels were wanted i'll
Iowa, and that the fellow i'll North
Dakota was kicking like a steer be-
cause he had fire Send two Manhat-
tan cocktails up to Mississippi, was
one of the orders that the clerk gave.
BE sure to call the man in Florida at
5 O'Clock in the morning, said one OF
the employees. And thus it went. This
hotel is curiosity to the travelling
public. 1t is conducted by an eccen-
rio old fellow, but where he conceiv-
ed the idea of naming rooms after
States do not know. Birmingham
Age Herald
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11

DIR. Ruckmaster left recently for
Providence, La, where he will remain
for several weeks.
Mr.. o. M. Johnson Of Woodford
Plantation, was guest in the city in
the early part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Percy and Mrs.
John Jackson left Wednesday to visit
in New Orleans and the Gulf coast,
Mr.. Louis Bergman spent the past
week in Memphis.
Hon. Benz. Humphreys has been
absent for several days in Greenwood,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11

We visited the millinery open
ing last Tuesday at the big dry
goods store of Mr.. Ferdie Ehr-
Itch, aad the beautiful hats on ex-
hibit and the lastly arranged
parlor in rear of store made II very
pretty sight. He told us he had
a very good business and felt
much encouraged over the success
they had made in this line.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11
BUCKLIN sARNICA sALvE

Has world wide fame for marvellous
cures. It surpasses any other salve, To-
ton, ointment or balm for cuts, corns,
burns, boils sores, ohapped hands,
skin eruptiions; infallible fer piles.
Cure guaranteed. Only SOC at A. B.
F'nlay, druggist.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11


few weeAe Wait to Memphis.
Mrs. Helen Hopkins and Miss Mar
garet Gordon have been guests at the
Avenue Hotel for the past two weeks.
Mrs. Weinburg and Mrs. Shoengut
were guests of Mrs SOL ISenberg last
week.
Mr.. Garrett Love was called to Bill
oxi last Tuesday by the illness OF his
flther. III. D. A. Love.
Mrs. E. Metcdlfe-Collins and her
little daughter are guests of Mrs. II.
Metcalfe near Wilczinski.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bait of Stonevllle, were
in the city last week.
Mesdames Goode and Hall returned
a few days since from visit to Mem
phis.
Lieutenant David l.. Stone, U. 5. A.
returned Friday after spending several
weeks in New Orleans and Beaumont
Texas. He was the guest of Mrs. Ben
Johnson while at Beaumont.
Miss Carrie Montgomery of Winter
Vile, has been the guest OF Miss Bette
Ireys for several days.
Mrs. Mollie Rucks has returned after
visit to relatives IN Greenwood.
Mr.. w, L. Hay of Stoneville. was a
visitor TO Greenville this week.
Mrs. Goodwin who has been a guest
Of Mrs, j. E, Aiken. has returned to
her home ut Providencf, La.
Miss Nettie Blum has returned from
visit to relatives and friends III Ne"
ORLEANS where she was made the re-
cinient of a large number of social at-
tenton>.
MIR. June Ward of Lake Washing
ton. spent several days in the city cur
ing the past week.
Miss Medora Aiken has recently
been an admired guest of MIS- Albeit
Gary in Leland
Mr.. and Mrs, NJ. Solomon have beer
GUESTS at Hotel Newman during the
past two weeks.
+ Mr. and Mrs. Webb aad their child
rem who have been guests on tnt
steamer Resolute, have returned &c
their nome on East Broadway
Mrs Annie lianway and her charm
inc daughter, Miss Mime, nave re
turned from river trip TO Vlck9burs
and ST Louis.
Misses Irene and Corinne Holhngs
worth are quests Of their sister, Mrs
G w. Gillian at Leland,
Mr. Joseph Wall, who has peer
stendiag vacation with his relatl'o
in this city, will leave today Tor wash
;ao+,r Citv. whence he will go to TN
Philippine Islands 10 resume MS uuoie
in the ordinance department Oh VIZ
United States army.
The ladies Oh the Lulu Penny NC
Donald Guild have placed beautliu
stained glass window in the 0feen"uo'
Episcopal church in memory OF vi ,h'
r.nln Penny Mcdonald. who was VI
beloved founder of the Gulld'
The little folk of Greenville are en-
;,yino an Easter egg hunt this alVer
noop which is being given uuder TN
nns,,ices of the Earnest Workers oil III.
n.a.h.tarian church in Mrs. j. 1
Finlay's pretty garden
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Greenley nav ,
netnrned from a visit to Column"
Tenn.
Mrs. Edgar Baker. Miss Alma BAKE
I'D Masters Charles and Edgar BAKE
CIV 'n. meets Of Mrs. Alex Henderson a
her plantation home near GREENWOOD
Mr. Jacob Livingston who IS a''enD
- =. PORT Gibson, is spending
a short vacation with his paren'''
and Mrs. Livingston
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11

yseoner. l. 9 oet 7.-The north
bouna "Katy" nyer %as wrecked here
Monday night. Engineer Hotchkiss
and fireman Wetherby were seriously,
If not fatally hurt, and Mrs. Marga-
rite Sunday. of Oolagh, I. t., seriously
injured.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11

Harrisburg, ILL.,, Oct. 7.-William A.
McHaney, of this city, who is inter
ested in considerable mineral land
ten miles south of here. has received
word that prospecting parties have
found vein of gold on his land,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11
A Great school of Technology

Chicago, Oct. 7.--Prcsldent Harper
has told the new students al the UNI
vcrsity of Chicago that before the
close of the year he expects to have
plans complete fos' d great school o.
technology.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11
Soc\a Matters M
IA PERSONAL Mention

IA Mrs E. p. Odeneal are now
located at Hotel Cowsn.
NJ Weinberg and her small son
b guests Of relatives in Mem
the past fortnight.
7. IIarty has returned from
Ks stay in New Orleans.
IA Mrs. William Griffin and
william and George Grimm
Il al the home of Mrs. Robin
60. Clifton and children have
from a trip to Vicksburg.
Annie Moore has returned n ~
4. where she has ueen visit
Mrs. Cameron Montgomery.
P. Mcmahon has gaHe Win
h son, to visit aafing the
Aonths in Oxford.
Irwin Bull is at home for Il hdl-
h New Orleans, where he is
dentistry.
al Jackson passed through the
week, enroute to Natchez,
u will be the e. est Ut his sister,
lib. Richardson.
Marion Valiant is the guest OF
ghter, Mrs. Harvey Miller.
Eleanor Stone leaves today for
% Miss Lii Johnson at Column
Mary Trigg has completed her
q 10 the New York Hospital
DE ranks among the very finest
and after spending a month
latives in Brooklyn, New YORK
sington, Va, will return TO re-
this city.
|and Mrs. J. V. Turner have
Euests at the Inn for several
Edward Holland has gone for a
the Mississippi Coast.
Riteman who has been the
Ing guest of Miss Goldstein, Mrs
Hand Mrs. Strauss, left recently
home in Port Gibson.
Chas. Scott of Rosedale, was &
/ to Greenville Thursday.
bud Mrs. w. F. Fordham, VINO
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ID, left Wednesday for New o.
NJ. P. Metcalfe left recently FOL
TO Memphis.
Harriet Dabney returned TIM
from Memphis, where she ma
visiting friends, while enrout'
after spending the winter IL
Ington.
Maude Bryan is spending u lev
holiday at her home near Lax
ingtou.
/. Louis Mosby left u few days az
II relatives in Memphis.
. B. B.Payneo of NNintervllle, Wa
u in the city Tuesday.
$ Neppie Scruggs has gone /
rlendS in Rosedaie.
. g. B. Hunt returned Sucda
spending several weeks IN Ne'
us and ON the Gulf coast.
and Mrs. Give Metcalfe and MI
lrs. George Metcalfe OF Wilczlr
ere guests of relatives here TIL
. BEETLES is visiting with he
ea in Water Valley.
$ Louise Levingston is visltln
Is III Chicago.
K. S. Toombs and her attrat
Miss Ruby, have bee
nests for the past fortnight I
Kay, at Malmaison, in l.etior
Y.
!. Elizabeth Nance and Mrs. z
nee, are visiting Mrs. Feltns I
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-09
Application No. 1902
Notice of Sale of SeCOnd-JlaSS Tide Land

Notice is hereby given that on the 2sth day of
April, 1903, at the hour of O'Clock in the al
ternoon said day, at the door of the Court
House in san Juan county, Washington, the fol-
lowing described tide land will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder therefor to-wit:
All tide land of the second-class owned by the
state of Washington situated in front of ada
cent to or AUDITING upon that portion of the
United States menader line described as fol-
lows, to-wit
Beginning at point where the west boun-
Diary line of lot 2, Sec TO- Twp. as N. r. w
w. NJ, if produced would intersect said me-
ander line; thence S. 100 w. is chains more or
less to an angle point i'll said meander line;
thence Y. 81 w. $50 chains; thence N 17o w
800 chains thence N. $50 Il. 100 chain thence
4Io W chains; t ence n. $50 W. $50
cnains; thence 5. 81 w. 100 chains; thence s.
2o0 w. 324 chains to terminal point of this de-
scription; said tide lands having total frontage
of rs linear chains measured along said me-
ander line, according to duly certified copy of
the held notes OF said neanders on file i'll the
office of the commissioner of public lands at
Olympia, Washington, Appraised at S. per
chain, or SIPS.
Said tide land will be sold for not less than
the appraised value and subject to the improve
ments situated thereon. and as appraised by the
koaId of State Land Commissioners i'll the man
ner provided by law statement of which is
now on file i'll the office OF the auditor of said
county
Terms of sale are: Under contract one-tenth
to be paid on the day of sale aud one-tenth an
nually thereafter on the first day of March of
each year, with accrued interest on deferred
balance at per cent per annum Provided
That any purchaser may make full payment at
an time and obtain deed.
The purchaser of such land will be required
to pay at the time of sale the appraised value of
any improvements or valuable material on such
land Ill full i'll addition to the one-tenth of the
sale price.
The above described tide lands are offered for
sale by virtue of an order of the Board of State
Land Commissioners, made on the I4th day of
March, 1905 duly certified and OH file i'll the
Office of said county auditor.
FRED i. KIRBY, County Auditor
By VIM. o. CLARK, Deputy.
Dated at Friday Harbor, Washington, this
goth day of March A. D. 1903.
First publication March 70, iooS. st
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-09
Won MoItke on Whist.

A German magazine published the
subjoined anecdote about Moltke: did
you. your excellency, play whist when
you were in FranceT asked Herr Won
Bennigsen of the great battle thinker
one evening over a rubber. Every
day when It was possible" replied
Moltke. "We played half farthing
points. so that at worst the players
could not lose more than a shilling"
One day Count Berthusy was his part
ner. why, my dear count, did you
play spades?" said Moltke. in sharp
and serious tone. 81 had an idea, your
excellency, that you wanted spades"
but, my dear count. one does not play
whist according to ideas. but according
to rule" replied the field marshal,
shaking his head
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-09
Winter WAYS of SQUIRRELS.

Gray squirrels do not hibernate, but
seldom leave their nests during the
very cold weather. On mild days in
winter. however, they come out and
race through the treetops and visit the
large stores of nuts which they gath
cred and hid away in the autumn.
Red squirrels are smaller, but much
harder creatures than the gray ones,
and, although they, too, have snug nests
of cedar bark in the hollow trees, they
use them only at night, for no weather
is so severe rs to keep these little fel-
lows indoors. They are about the most
provident of all the creatures in the
woods, usually storing away under
brush heaps, beneath fallen logs and in
hollow trunks far more nuts than they
can possibly eat in one winter. They
do not put them all in one place, as a
rule; they generally have several boards
at some little distance apart. This is
a wise precaution, as it sometimes hap
pens that one store is discovered and
stolen by an enemy, and unless there
was another supply to fall back upon
the squirrels might die of starvation
Woman's Home Companion.