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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-06
Be Master of Your Trade.

OAJ""V GU UhC unwilling Oh a InOnU-
ment to the late Prof. L. SburIar
Pleasant Valley, n. c., a few weeks
ago:
ga favorite expression with orr
teacher was: Whatsoever is worth
doing at all, is worth doing WELL
And does not the observation Of
each one of us demonstrate that bo
was correct? Look around ahout
you-wherever you live or may go. Is
not success perching upon the ban
ner Of those who can and Will do
things?
"The lady who makes the cIeanest
and purest butter, sells hers with
less trouble and for more monev,
One good woman goes to her neigh
boring city, rings the door-ben of
half dozen houses, sells her entire
product in these homes for thirty-fve
cents a pound the year round, and a
dozen more u after her to buy.
Another carries hers to town. rings
a hundred doOr-bells and visits a
dozen stores, finds few or no pur-
chasers, and returns home with the
product unsold. You may call one
good luck, the other bad; you may
not understand the cause, but know
ing how to do things well makes the
difference. There is always a demand
for the best, and the best is the
product of right thinking and intel
ligent effort. The man with the larg-
est watermelon, the best bale of cot
ton, the finest colt, will find the read
lest market and the highest price.
"Miss Stevenson, a g~randdaugh-
ter of a South Carolina judge,
pursued her studies, finished a col
legiate course and looked around for
something to do. A friend in a Mas
sachusetts town suggested that she
open a bakery there and make good
bread. She accepted the suggestion,
made it a study, mastered it, and now
sells her bread for twice as much
money per ounce, and more ounces
than anyone else, and it is shipped
over the world for consumption
She has learned to do one thing as
well or better than anybody else, and
her fortune is secure.
why is it that one minister finds
an empty church, fills it to over
flowing, builds another and fills that'
while another minister with equal
or greater opportunity finds a crowd
ed church, gradually empties the
pews and leaves for another field, and
, finally quits the ministry! why IS
it that one physician is brought from
Europe to America to treat 1n5
daughter of MI Armour and palu
$4,000 for one operation, while null
? dreds of others would not be per
mitted to enter his door free OF any
charge? Why is it that some mem E,
bers of my profession can commanq
> their ten, twenty or five hundred
thousand dollars a year, while others
r stand about a police court anxious "
appear at any price? The answer T
. L. :. 4ho motto Of nl1r blessed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-06

T b is No. la of our series of the Worlds
Best Poems, selected especially for The Pro-
gressive Farmer by the Editor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-22
A los farrnaceuticOS

RecomendamoS tcdos los sefiores
farmaceuticos de Ia isla, la lectura del
artfculo que aparece en- otro lugar de
este peri6dico titulado "Hombfes y
Mujeres" Sc refere IN gran medica-
mento que prepara en- Chicago el afa-
mado DR.. w II. Gaunders ell cua1 de-
ben tener todos en- Su Farmacia
El -eferalo Dr.. desea ponerse en- CO
municaci6n directa con todoS 1os far
maceuticos yles suplica, pee medic
4el BoLBrEN. So correspondencia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-22

Todo IL : ue Sc refere a la an.
tigua RonaN lnsPlla gidn IulLo
sItad { interA s. d pesar oe naoe1
sido Roma ia, u lildliosedua POI
1itarat,s v m "adores, para los
c,,aIae ha cons t.;tuidO un tema
fac,,ndo .,referA .ntemente trata-
A. nor elios en- diSertaCiOneS y
ora = ones a.aden licas, soporife-
ras generalmente
A nacar de baha r S,do Roma
tan nnanoseada ref etimOS, tOdO
1o me 4 ella Sc reft re, todas las
cnTiosidades one de; .quella epo-
"a CO cuentan son leidas con
mucho gusto en- nues 'Iro' u,ds'
iVirtud de los pueblos granues'
que. como los grandes lomores'
no desaparecen complex amente
cuando mueren, porque su me
moria perdura!
iOue son hoy nuestras C ap1ta'
les al 1ado de Roma, 81 Sc Juz-
gan solo por su t lmaiio? :.
Roma tenia una poblae ion
enorme Y una extension que. *
cedia de trece millas de ci r
cunferencia.
Tenia tambien:
Treinta y siete puertas en- sus'
murallaS, con otrOS tantOS ARA : ,
bales.
Siete puentes sobre ell Tiber.
Veintisiete GALES de primer
orden, GALES de aquel tempo. o|
mejor dicho, verdaderas ciu-
dades.
Ochocampos de ejercicios.
Diez y siete plazas. sin cof1tar
las demas GALES y plazuelas.
Diez y nueve acueductos, in
mensos puentes que igualaban n
ell terreno intermedio de monta-
ma montana, para conducir las
aguas de ochocientas cincuenta
y dos fuentes publicas.
Estos acueductos permitian
un barco en- el caudal de sus
aguas. que iba desde una dis
tancia de 40 millas.
Habia:
Dos capitolios 8 grandes ca
pitolios nacionales.
Cuatrocientos veintitres tenn
plos. entire ellos algunos de ri
queza incredible.
Catorce bosques sagrados.
Tres palacios para ell senado
solamente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-22
l2OMA ANTIGUA

Diez y siete basilicas para ira.
tar los negocios del Esta1o.
| Veintinueve bibliotecas, gran
deposito de toda la ciencia an
tigua.
Ocho circulos para recreo pu.
blico.
Dos anfteatros con Ell mismo
obieto.
Seis palenques para los gla-
diadOres Q luchadores.
'Cinco naumaquias Q estanques
para ell estudio de la navigation.
Diez y se:s thermas 8 baflos
publicos, con $50 ballos.
Ell teatro de Marcelo, como ell
de Balbo, permitia 10000 espec.
tadores; el de Pompeyo 10000.
FL gran circo era mayor que to
dos. Las thermas de banos de
Diocleciano ponian a DISPOSE
cion del publico mas de 5000 pi.
las de marmol. Tambien habia
46. 6o2 casaS particulares. ION to
da la extension que daban los
|romanos tales edilcios.
Mil setecientos ochenta pala-
clos de diez pies de elevation. di-
vididos en- cuatrocientos ochen-
ia y cuatro barrios.
Doscientos sesenta y ocho al
.macenes, 9 aleondigas.
X Cuatrocientas cloacas para ell
sservicio publico, cuya sola linn
pl eZa costaba cada vez mil ta-
lelltos.
Sin embargo, aquelIa ciudad.
con:sumida por ell vicio y ahoga-
da por su propia mole, era la es-
cuela del desorden. Era preci-
so agotar los productos de todas
las provincias del imperio para
mantener aquel lujo de la clase
aristoc~atica y la holgazaneria
de aquel abyec cto populacho.
I'm senador, al salir de casa.
llevaba consigo al menos un Sc
quito de ochocientos. entire es-
clavos, bufones y criados; su
traje Sc combinaba de una ma.
nera que dejase yer toda su
complication de tejidos de orc y
plata. que engastaban la pedre-
ria. Y la ciudad Sc arruino, el
coloso cayo; no nos admiremos:
lque otros enemigos mas que
estos neceaitaba para desapare.
Ger de la super6cie de la terra?
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-22
|01l6n F1Cll HQS s.. .'sn.s' s..'.' /.
RON GATELa..

ConocidO tanto en- Ia isla como en- cl
exsranjero ell magnifico producto de Ia
mejor fdDrca puertorriqueiia dc alco-
holes, pueden hacerse los pedidos &
FEDERICO GATEI.1.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-22

-. SabrOsOs dulces en- aimfbar de
varias classes, Sc venden q todas horas
al lado del Ayuntamiento, n1merO 30,
,fente q la Plaza Principal d
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-22
GRAN HOTEL UNION 's ,'' !; 4. Z: i s:'''' B ;: IT,

Esta casa, montada con todo ell lujo
y comoddades de Ia epoca, esta situada
en- la parte mas aristocratica de la
ciudad, frente al suntuOso Casino Els
paioI. Es ell edifcio mas elegante DON
De ell p1blico hallara un servcio esme-
RADIO, at&ble trato y precios econ6micos
PreoiuS cOnvenciCnales
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
HOW OXEN ARE SHOD.
Description of a Custom Common in
Mountain Districts.

From the Chicago Tribune.
In Texas there are oxen used to some ex-
tent but as the roads of Texas are COM
para lively soft there is no necessity of hav-
ing them shod. Possibly some Texan own
ers would ridicule the idea of shod oxen,
yet there is sale for shoes. or plates" as
they are called. which is no inconsidera BILE
item in the annual sales of hardware
houses having dealings with the mountain
people Mountain roads are usually creek
beds. selected for the reason that they are
nearer level than the surrounding abutting
or overhanging country Hence, to be avail
able for use, mountain oxen must be shOd.
The process is at once interesting, instruc-
tive and dangerous. First, the oxen Is
roped about either his fore or hind legs
then the remaining pair Of legs are roped
through the opposite loop. The act pulls
the feet of the OK into a bunch, and he falls
to the ground a believing souirming
thrashing mountain of exceedingly lively
beef.
When he has subsidized to some extent the
"shoers' proceed to drive a couple of stakes
notched at the top a either end of the pros-
trate animal. Previously they have selected
as the proper spot to throw him a conye-
nient stump with exposed roots Under one
of these roots is thrust rail or pole and a
couple OF mountain men sit on the pole
resting it across the neck of the animal
to the notches of the stakes and with feet
In the afr-the order of things reversed as
1t were-the brute is shod, very much as a
horse might be. One of the plates is fitted
and nailed either side of the cloyen
hoof. and the process of shaping the plate
Is omitted. Occasionally the OK will thras
about and yank a stake out cracking a
mountain skull with it. Sometimes he will
rise in his anger and deposit his weight
upon one who seeks to shoe him: some
times he will dig hole in the mountain
side with his horn. but at last science over
comes brute strength and the shoeing is
complete. When the OK is permitted to rise
he Is to all appearances and to all effects
as drunk as If he had been persuaded to
imbibe gallon of moonshine whisky. He
is shamed and stricken OK and the glory
OF his strength has passed from him. as did
that OF Samson when the clippers of De-
nlah rendered his head as a billiard hall
This sickness lasts for some days, but IT is
never fatal 1t is simply another little pen
he is ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
About Oysters.
From Good Housekeeping.

AS a matter of interest there is but one
species of oyster, ostrea virginica along
the eastern coast of North America. The
western coast has at least five species. but
only two of these are of Importance. and
these do not compare with the eastern
shellfish. Thus 1t is apparent that a blue
point. a Providence river and Chesapeake
bay oyster are one and the same thing. SO
far as species is concerned. The difference
is merely a matter of environment. a diff
ference in food supply and conditions in
growth.
The noted blue point comes from the Long
Island shore from what was once natural
bed. 1t gets its name from the little town
of Blue Point, off which the beds were dis
covered. These oysters were of handsome
shape and extra appearance and at once
commanded fancy prices. 1t was only a
matter of time when these and neignboring
beds would be worked out, and then 1t was
found necessary TO resort to seeding OF
planting Is, covering the beds with
young oysters from other localities
The oyster is rich in phosphates, but is
almost entirely lacking in fat-making
muscle-b building material and those ele-
ments which go to make up physical force
and vitality While it is wholesome and
easily assimilated, the actual food value OF
the oyster is not sufficient to rank 1t with
our great food f1shes-the cod, haddock
mackerel, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
The Betting Evil in Paris.

Paris Correspondence London News
The police are actively employed at the
present moment in raiding those wine shops
In Paris where betting is carried on Inno-
cent-looking wine shops these; and inno-
cent-looking the proprietor. as he stands
behind the bar serving out measures of thin
red wine. in his shirt sleeves But his
pockets are full of betting slips, and his
cuphoards contain betting books, and the
morey passed over the counter is more for
betting than for drink. However, the police
are match for the wine seller, and
match for even less suspicious characters
who secretly follow the profession of the
bookmaker. Recently, for instance. they
could not understand why a certain con-
cierge received so many visitors, and was
so prosperous. Watched was the concierge
and one morning he and his visitors We're
searched. and the usual betting parapher-
MALTA was discovered. And our concierge
was actually attended by a valet and as
sisted by secretary. Among his clients
were number of well-known and influen-
tial people, and the servants and small
tradespeople of the quarter deemed it an
honor to transact business with so pros
porous and distinguished concierge I'm
fortunately the fines imposed in such cases
are not severe enough to serve as a warn
ing. and it is hoped that a new law will
shortly be introduced which will deal
sharply with the innocent-looking wine
seller and his fellow-offenders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
BEES, BIRDS AND BoARs.
Natural History Contained In a Very
Rare Book.
From the London Express.

~---@--
1t is interesting to know that among
some country folk the curious idea still
prevails that with the master de the bees.
Somebody tells me that instances of this
have been noticed of late. At sale of the
humble effects of vlllager lately dead two
or three hives of bees in old straw keeps
were to be disposed of but when they
came to be examined it was found that all
the bees were dead.
A coincidence of this kind will probably
keep alive superstition in that village for
generations to come
Some curious specimens of folk lore and
natural history are contained in a rare
book. called 1.-The Sportsman's Diction-
ary." to which c. NJ Woolsey has drawn
my attention. This was published lty
years ago. The author was evidently a
Philistine among Ph.listines in his attitude
toward nature.
or the master musician. the blackbird,
he says;
This bird Is known by all persons and is
better to be eaten than kept, being much
sweeter to the palate when dead and well
roasted than to the ear while living Sings
about three months in the year, or four at
most, though his song is worth moth ny;
but II he be taught to whistle he is of some
value. 1t being very loud. though coarse -
What an ear and mind
And here is story of the squirrel with
the ring In IL of the seventeenth even more
than the eighteenth century. 1t reminds
one OF the hares of Izaak Walton. that
changed their sexes once a year:
IF what Is reported of them be true the
admirable cunning OF the squirrel appears
In her (where We commonly use his when
the sex need not be specified our ancestors
otten used herr swimming or passing over
a river, for when she is constrained by
hunger so to do she seeks out some rind or
small bark OF tree which she sets upon
the water. and then goes into It, and hold
ing up her tail like sail. lets the W
drive her to the other SIDE and carries
meat In her mouth to prevent being fam
ished by the length of the voyage"
OF the wild boar we have this: "And
what place so ever he bites. whether man
or dog, the heat of his teeth causes in
Illumination in the wound. If. therefore, he
does but touch the hair of a dog he burns
on; nay, huntsmen have tried the heat OF
his teeth by laying hairs on them as soon
as he was dead. and they have shriveled up
If touched with a hot iron"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
Fire Set by Suns Rays on Glass.

Prom the San Francisco Chronicle
correspondent commenting on a par
agraph recently published in the Chronicle
reporting the burning OF a haystack near
Montanban. France through the focusing
Of the suns rays by an empty glass beer
bottle left on the spot by some p!cnickers,
says: 1T might interest you to know that
such thing that is very common in
some countries. l spent some years In
North Queensland in the 'Never-neyer land,
and In the summer time we were careful
not TO leave any glass lying around after
breaking camp, as destructive bush fires
were often so caused. There Is no doubt
that many OF the forest and possibly some
of the grain-tield fires which spontaneously
break out in this state every summer are
started by a similar cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
Fair Play in Business.
From McClure's Magazine.

MCCIutt 3 MHgaZIne.
1t is of vast Importance to the future
manhood OF this country that scorn of un-
fairness should be universal Above ALL let
1t be applied strenuously to unfairness in
business. We are a commercial people.
Our boys must go into commerce. Our pro-
LESSONS mingled with commerce
that II is often hard to distinguish IL they
be professions. If we are to wink at un-
scrupulousness In commerce. then we are
doomed to become race, of trcksters and
manhood Is dead within US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
FUNERAL OF MRS. ELIZABETH
WILKERsON TOMORROW.
Death Of James Clarkson-Services in
the ChurchesIGeneral and
Personal
Evening Star Bureau,
101 King Street.

Evening star bureau,
I01 King Street.
Bell Telephone. 1O6.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, November 10.
The remains of Mrs. Eliza beth Wilkerson
whose death occurred yesterday at 2011 30
street northwest Washington, were brought
here today. She was the mother of Mr.
William Wilkerson of this city and was
sixtyfour years Of age. Mrs. Wilkerson
was a native of Ireland. The funeral will
ia Ike place tomorrow from the residence of
her son in Patrick street.
James Clarkson, a resident of the first
ward, died this morning at his home, 12a
Duke street. He was a native of Glasgow.
Scotland, but had lived here for some time
past, following the trade of a bricklayer
The funeral arrangements will be made
Ia ter
Sunday Church Services.
Rev. DR.. George Langford Hunt, formerly
of the First Baptist Church, preached to
large congregations at both morning and
evening services yesterday in the Wash
| ington Street M. Z. Church South. The
| audience was swelled by the attendance of
many of his former parishioners At the
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Rev. M. l..
Leucke preached his farewell sermon in
| the evening. He has accepted a call to the
pastorate of a church at Cadillac, Mich,
and will leave next Thursday for his new
field. He has been pastor of the local
church for about two years.
High Sc 'ols Sweeping Victory.
The foot bail team of the Episcopal High
School had an easy time on the local
grounds Saturday afternoon with the
eleven representing Mt st. Joseph's Col
lege from near Baltimore, Md, defeating
the visitors by the overwhelming score of
% to o. At no time were the college men
able to advance the ball. and proved totally
unable to stop the line plunges and end runs
of the heavy and fast backs NAPLES I'D
Hoge played well for the locals, and the all
around work of the team was of the highest
order.
General Matters.
colored boy named John Stewart was
before Mayor Simpson in the police court
this morning on the charge of stealing a
tricycle. from the house of DR.. Bitter in
Prince street. The machine was recovered
by Officers Lyles and Griffin, and the mayor
imposed fine of s. on Stewart.
The SIX-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Weizner. died yesterday at the
home of his parents, 926 Franklin street.
The funeral took place from the residence
this afternoon and the remains were in
TERED in Bethel cemetery.
While hunting some days ago Lieutenant
James Smith of the police force sprained his
ankle and the injury is keeping him
confined in his home, in North Fairfax
street. During his absence from the force
the duties of lieutenant are being discharg-
ed by officer Belts.
A ball will be given at Odd Fellows Hall,
in North Columbus street, Thanksgiving
night by the Hydraulion Veteran Firemen's
Association.
Cadet Charles NJ Smith of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute is at home on a fur
Tough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
Which Was Insultedp
the London Daily Mail

From the LonuoH Daiiy MAIL
A private of an infantry battalion sta
toned at Mhow, India, was recently sem
fenced to 16S hours hard labor for calling
his lance corporal ''Brodrick." The pri-
vate, after being sentenced, asked whether
he was being punished for insulting the
secretary of state for war or the lance cor
poral. The court remained silent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
Suspicious Circumstances.

1t Is alleged that the men under arrest
were seen in front of the house of the Reed
woman about the time Beckwith left there
the last time. One hour later. 1t Is claimed
one of them returned to the house and
seemed troubled about something. The de-
tectives have summoned a number of wit
nesses to appear at the inquest, which will
be held at the sixth precinct police station
at 1890 O'Clock tomorrow morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16

They say Digson can't take joke"
Nonsense. Why. he runs the comic SUD-
plement of Sunday paper. and ne not only
takes jokes wherever he finds them but he
appropriates them without credit. Chi
cago Post.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-07

Heron and Cassells is $40.
Tomorrow night is the farewell ball
given by Prof. Stovall.
When you want hack in hurry.
telephone Platt 81 King. Day or night.
Strawberry Plants 10 cents per hun
dred Grand Valley Floral & Nurs-
cry Co.
There is always fresh lot of pies
and others bakers supplies at the
Progress.
The Woman of Woodcraft will meet
tonight at Elks hall. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to all members to be
present to hear the report of the COM
mittee ON the ball.
There are few thing around the
house that give more comfort to its
mistress than firstclass residence tel
ephone. Make up your mind to be-
come IA subscriber to the system in
Grand junction. The rate charges
are small.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-07
Glassford sells window awnings.

Glassford sells window awnings.
First class livery turnouts at Platt
g. Kings.
Do not forget the big ball at Turner
Hall Friday night.
The Progress is noted for its cakes,
that are just like homemade ones.
The early styles have given place to
Emporium.
Any one can afford new hat, if
they take advantage of the low prices
at The Ladies' Emporium.
Prof. Stovall's farewell ball at the
Turner Hall tomorrow night. Every
one come and have a good time.
Colorado Midland Sunday rates
effective May 10. Glenwood and re-
turn Sunday 81. so. Glenwood and re-
turn every Saturday. limited to Mon
day SO. 80.
Summer excursions rates east one
fare plus 81. 90 for the round trip via
the Rock Island system. For infor-
nation, address Hal. S. Ray, Gen.
Agt., Denver, Colo,
Cheap excursion rates east fol
teachers and others via The Colorado
Midland Ry. Selling days June 4th,
9TH, 11th and 18th. Long limit; one
fare the round trip, plus $500.
Place phone in your house and
see what trouble you are saved and
what comfort it provides. The Colo
RADIO Telephone company make only {
small charge for their residence ser
vice.
Do you know that Prof. Stovall il
going away? Well he is. and he give'
a farewell ball tomorrow night a
the Turner Hall. If you can go, i
will repay you for the money you ma.
spend.
Nearly 400 subscribers are connect
ed with the phone service in thi
city. You can transact busines
from your own home or place of bust
ness, by becoming a subscriber. Th'
Colorado Telephone company provide
the best possible service for small
outlay of cash.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-07

For Rent-Furnished room 1870
White street. Very desirable room.
For Rent-A new Five room cot
tage. Strictly modern. Apply at 1877
Grand avenue.
Wanted-A girl for general house
work Apply at 427 Ouray or walsh's
r. R. Store.
Wanted Competent girl for house
work-good wages. Enquire of Mrs.
j. NJ. Sampliner, n. 18th street.
For Rent-A broom modern cot
tage, between Sd and 4th ON Grand
avenue. Apply to Mrs. Prudie Payne,
1877 Grand ave.