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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

that there would be none such dur
ing the short term. At this writing
three bills are in course of prepa-
ration. Ever since the Senate de-
termined that some antitrust meas
ure must be enacted there has been
strong rivalry among the Senators
as to who should reap the glory of
dealing with the octopus. Mr. Hoar
by tactics unprecedented in the pro-
cedure of the Senate secured the
reference to his committee (Judi-
ciary) of his antitrust bill, not
withstanding the fact that it dealt
largely with interstate commerce.
This was accomplished by having
his bill entered on the record and Sc
curing leave to print with the state
ment that the bill had been "read
twice in the Senate and referred to
the Judiciary Committee" before the
measure was even drafted.
Senator Elkins, chairman, and
other members of the committee on
interstate commerce regarded them
selves as particularly sighted by the
reference of the trust bills to Mr..
Hoar's committee and a short time
ago they met in secret session and
appointed a subcommittee to draft a
trust bill which would meet with the
recommendations of the Attorney
General in so far as they affected
interstate commerce, rebates on
transportation charges, etc. This
bill was introduced yesterday and re-
ferred to the committee and will
shortly make it's appearance on the
floor of the Senate.
Just after the holiday recess Sen
ator Hoar appointed a sub-commit-
tee to draft a trust bill, but deter
mined to wait the arrival of the
House measure with a view to using
that as the basis for the committee
bill. Learning, however, of the plans
of the Elkins committee, the Judi
ciary subcommittee has gotten to
work and is now preparing its W
bill. The committee on commerce
has also determined that it ought to
take a hand and accordingly when
the bill creating a Department of
Commerce was sent over from the
House, it was referred to that COM
mittee with the expectation that the
powers of the proposed Bureau of
Corporations would be defined in an
amendment along such lines as to
meet the recommendations of the
Attorney-General that a commission
be appointed to exercise supervision
over all corporations doing an in
terstate business. With this wealth
of trust bills, however, it is not GER
tain that any but the latter will pass,
and that will meet with serious OBJ
lection in the House.
A. B. M.
Washington, D. O., Jan. "A, 1903.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Antitrust Legislation and the State
hood Bill.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:


ed in securing the test vote in the
Senate for which he has long been
striving, and has thus demonstrated
that the Statehood Bill has a clear
majority of ten votes, twenty-five
Democrats ard twelve Republicans
outvoting twenty-seven Republicans,
with eleven pairs and two absentees
recorded. The test vote came on a
motion to go into executive session
for the consideration of the Cuban
treaty. After the vote, Mr.. Quay
consented to the introduction of a
number of bills, and then demanded
the regular order. The significance
of the test vote lies in the fact that
the opponents of the Statehood Bill
are now placed in the position of
flibusterers opposing the will of a
majority of the Senate, thus proving
a charge long made by Mr.. Quay and
utterly refuting the charge of Sen
ator Beveridge that the Senator
from Pennsylvania was "blufing."
In view of the difficulties attend
ing the displacement of the State
hood Bill the Republican leaders are
seriously contemplating a compro-
mise proposition which, so far as
framed at this date, provides for the
admission of Oklahoma as one State,
Congress ~reserving the right to at
tach thereto Indian Territory when
the Dawes Commission shall have
concluded it's work of allotting the
Indian lands, and the admission OF
Arizona and New Mexico as one
State. Just how Mr.. Quay would
regard this proposition is not known.
He has said that he would accept any
reasonable compromise which would
meet the approval of the people of
the territories, but it is claimed that
it would be most repugnant to Ari-
iona and New Mexico to be COM
bined under one State government.
AS the situation now stands, all leg
islation in the Senate is blocked,
although it is held that the advocates
of statehood will not prevent the
consideration of the regular appro-
priation bills.
X x y
The subcommittee of the House
appointed to draft an antitrust
measure has concluded its labors,
and yesterday reported to the Judi
ciary Committee a measure which
has received the sanction of the
President and the Attorney-G General.
The bill provides that power of SUI
perVisiOn over corporations doing an
interstate business shall be vested
in the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, and there is likely to. occur
conflict with the Senate, which de-
sires to place such powers in the
hands of the Bureau of Corpora
tions of the proposed Department
of Commerce and Labor. The Com
mittee on Rules has already drawn
up a special order which will facili-
tate the passage of the bill in the
House.
- H.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
WANTED

For the convenience and benefit of our read
ers and their friends, WEI have decided to set
aside space below in which they may make
known their wants to one another. Any one
having q pig or q calf, q colt, or a kid, or any
other article around his home he would like
to exchange for cash, or some other ar
ticle, canltell the readers of The Progressive
FARMER, at the rate OF 25c. per week, If ex-
of one cent a word If more than 25 words are
used. counting each figure and each initial
as a separate word. Cash must accompany
each order for the full amount.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

PTIpTTTPF CURED while you work. Yor
UNI pay 81 when cured. No cure
nopay. ALEX. SPEIRS, BOx8 1884, Westbrook,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

For Russell Bsg Boil and CuIpepper's
Improved Cotton Seed, seventy
Cookies Prolific Seed Corn, 81. rs per bushel.
Red Rust Proof Oats, 55 cents.
discount on large orders and orders called for
atlarmS. B.. W. KILGORE, State Chemist,
Raleigh, n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

WANTED-TRAVELING IN
each State; permanent position; $50 and ex-
Penses. Central Tobacco Works Co, Penicks,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

WANTED-A few thousand acres suitable
for Game Preserve and Winter Resort.
located in the middle or western part Of
North Carolina; dry climate essential, Also
roOmy house on same desirable; quail and
wild turkey game desired. SEND particulars
and price to E.: W. Clark, No. 1000 Union
Trust Building, Detroit, Michigan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

NEo Do&o1 A thoroughbred Jersey Bull,
flour to twelve months old.
Light Fawn Color. Write
B. F. MORRIS, ThOmasville, N C..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

FOR Sal F. 14-months old male Berkshire,
ON OFALA Pig. Well grown, full blood but
not registered, for $50 90. Also a y~eariing 6-months,
male, out of q Jersey, fine milker-by a registered
Jersey sire, Price 5000. Address, LEONIDAS
JOINER, RidgewBy, No.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

Wanted A thoroughbred Berkshire Gil
VoAA1SO ShOat. Address,
D. D. MOORE, Rocky Mount, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

For Sale Fifteen.horse Engine, Saw Mil,
VI O"AS Corn Mill, S~ixty-Saw Cotton Gin,
Bale Press. Apply to.
JOHN MCMILLAN. Henderson, N. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

Strawberry Plants + Best E. XaF,e
Medium Early, Latest and Biggest Bsrriel
that! grow. 2-doZen plants for 25 cents; u
plants for so cents; $50 plant for 81 90. BY
mail post paid. CHAS MACON,
Ingles1de, N. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

WANTED To sell one English Setter
"1AtNAHD Pup, 6 months old and part
" trained; very nne stock; price $40. One
Ang1sh Setter Bitch, 2 years old, well trained
and a Stayer in the field; price $40. TOIouse
Geese $3.50 per pair.
s. F. WOODLEY, Cherry, N. C.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05

Mrs. MOll!e Allen, OF South Fork.
Ky, says she has prevented attacks of
cholera mOrbus by taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
when she felt an attl", coming on.
Such attacks are usually caused nv
indigestion and these Tablets are
just what Is needed to cleanse The
stomach and ward Off the approaching
attack. Attacks Of billions collie NAV
be prevented In the same way. -,
sale by J. +. Nacksy & Co, drug
gists.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05
QUEENS WHO SMOKE.
Fair Members o; Royalty Who
are ro.,u u, .ias " eeu.
New York Press.

The Empress EesxabeUh, OF
Austria, who .was sssassinated
near Geneva, USED IS smoke 30
to 40 cigarettes daily, either
,1l"Ion u IvusaIdn, auu ueG,.
also to indulge e-ssseionally in
small Italian clears.
The Czarina smokes cigar
cites now and tnen, and on her
desk there are always Il couple
of golden ana engraved cigar
cite cases. silvCa ash tray and
o malachitc matchholder.
The Queen Of Italy seldom
smokes, but the mother of the
King of Spain consumes a large
number Of Egyptian cigarettes
every day.
Former Queen &sSalie of Ser
via owns a magniticentlv jewell
ed smoking outfit, and is very
partial to the habit.
The Queen Of Roumania, Car
mon SYLVIA, also owns q large
number OF gold 4l& silver cigar
cite cases, bat she does not like
much the aroma Of tobacco.
The Queen Of PORTUGAL ON the
other hand, is an ardent lover
of tho weed. She prefers a
s""r.n' cr.1e e Ga-r,.u ,u'.a
co, which is soat - her from
Dresden Her mother, Countess
Of Paris, occasiopallv indulucs
in an Havana cigarette or two.
Nrtha English Court the Ia
dies arc strictly prohibited from
smoking hy Q1ssu Alexandra,
who will not allow smoking in
urr presence Many fair mem-
bors Of the English aristocrauy
are far from pleased therpat,
because among them are many
confirmed smuhegs.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05

Ninety nine OF every one hundred
diseases IIr un'itraa pavo .gu
due to disorders Of the stomach.
and thps disorders are all caused
by Indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure l. just a. good for children
as it j. fgr adults. Children
thrive on it. II keesp their little
stomachs sweet and encourages
their growth aud development.
Mrs. Henry Charter, 7O5 Central
St., Nashville, Tenn, says "My
little boy is now three years
old and has been suffering from
indigestion ever since he was
born. have had the best doc
tors IN Nashville, but failed to do
him any good. After using one
bottle Of Kodol he is we'll baby.
| recommend 1t to all sufferers" "
Kndol iis"E'7 what Won eat and
makes the stomach sweet. Sold
by Crawford Bros.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05
End Of HiiteT Sight.

Two physicians had d long and
stubborn GIAt visa sa abc-ss On
r1y right lupg," w test f Hughes
Of DUPant, Ga, "and gave mo no.
As a last resort ] tried DR.. Kings
New Discovery lsT @sa8umptiou.
'ho Neu.f' J rr"oivr3 wor et~rE-
in" and was on nv feet IN few
DAYS. Now I've entirely regained
my health. .'ltcoEqneTs aNcoulhs,
G.. Ids, threat ed lgRG troubles.
N""r""'o"d Nv Crawford Proo
Fnnderhurk Pharmacy and J. f.
m toker q COS uruestores. Price
SOC aud 81 90, Trial bottles free.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05
CLOCK WITH A HISTORY
With Monev Secured
at a "Man Sale"
Perhaps no clock in America

porb,n. no clock IN A,,o.;oo
bae ,,,ro i,+orost;rc, 1,:.t,.r--
than the ono in tho sfoonIo of
~ r. ..r ,,r 49, .. -
at3Alnvau..rio Va saw. ,uo
.~5ichnorl Y. Timos Di.,o4,,
Rack ~ .la Gqvs before tLa y,,,.
AleIau,'.,l y,aS one of tla r,,.;.,.
snr,1.. -. ,.rt,r,..'., ',...,
as . nro,.v rarid nIaco for tive
sportinu fraternity but in those
days ieva~ 4 square came and
no Observation-Disclosures oop,o
from starr IN finish
On ,r...rna-iou fine town hal
been visited y, several gamblers
from rbn southwest vino nod
come h;thor "scekino whom
thev mioht GovourD At Inno,h
q resuoclaD,a citizen vino orra
siona!iv rooE a FLYER with cards.
fell into y snare which was sot
for him ";,1 aG.n~ q few CANES
carried on ON different niohts
bo found himself Roocod ont of
sometime Hnc 300 As :
true sou,narpor, he had TO mako
good qnl this he did v.ithout
bicrcr'nr. hvt with the Gntcrp,
ination 10 oot even. He wos
too honorable not to stand tln
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05

Mrs NJ. r. McOE&aell and her
daughter, Miss esdic, have
gono 70 Glonn Srrings
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
'T'rOIIope DISAGREED.

Although Anthony Trollope never
smoked, he liked being with those who
did. 1t soothed his nerves, he said, and
sent him to sleep. On one occasion,
when he had just returned to London
from South Africa, he was talking at
the Cosmopolitan club to Lord Carna-
Won, Lord Derby, Froude, the historian,
Lord Wolseley and one or two others
equally famous on the future of that
country. In the midst Of the discussion
Trollope fell asleep, and after a quar-
ter Of an hours doze he awoke, shaking
himself together like the faithful,
growing Newfoundland dog he so
much resembled. Dissentient even in
his unconsciousness, he spluttered
forth: Il utterly disagree with every
one of you. What is it you said?"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
Thomas n Rocket.

In 1888, when Henry VIII. rooted up
Thomas a Becket's grave and erased
his name from the scroll of saints, he
also ordered that all pictures, stained
glass windows and frescoes bearing up
on the life of this saint should be de-
stroyed. In some churches where st.
Thomas was held in special honor the
law was evaded by superimposing an
other picture over the forbidden one.
On the north wall of the church at
South Newington, near Banbury, Eng
land, there is d crudely executed fresco
of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusa-
lem. From the effects of age and damp
this fresco is gradually disappearing,
and now through the colossal donkey on
which our Lord is represented riding
can be seen the figure of the murdered
archbishop prone on the chancel steps.
Gradually, possibly, the whole under
lying fresco of the murder of st. Thorn
as at Canterbury will come into view,
and it is evidently of far higher artistic
merit than the hastily executed cover
ing one.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
Not of Orr killing.

When Senator ,Gallinger was practic-
ing medicine in his New Hampshire
home, he had a coachman who was a
character worthy of the attention
of any writer Of fiction. On one occa-
sion DR.. Gallinger" was called profess
sionally at house next to residence
on which was displayed black Grape as
a sign Of death. A passerby, noticing
the Grape and not knowing who had
died there, supposed DR.. Gallinger was
in the house and that his coachman
could give the desired information. The
coachman seemed to take the inquiry
as a personal affront and bristled up
in martial style.
Il don't know" he retorted prompt
ly. Its not of our killin'-it's not Of
our killin'.''
Then he pulled his horse up so as to
avoid any further suspicion that he
was waiting for the doctor to come out
of the house with the badge of mourn
Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
HfndOO Women.

HindoO women are very beautiful,
and, like most other women, they like
to set off their charms by the wearing
of jewels. Those of the rich are often
exceedingly valuable, and any amount
of them are worn. A Hindoo lady
wears a large nose ring, a number Of
rings in her ears, bangles galore on her
wrists and arms, anklets of silver or
gold and ring on every toe These or
naments are very becoming to her dark
beauty, and naturally they are a great
source of pleasure, but unfortunately
one which. together with the wearing
of colors, is denied to widows, whose
lot is particularly hard one.
Anyhow a Hindoo woman has not q
particularly cheerful life, for as she
must never look upon the face of any
man but her husband it is spent entire
ly in her hsme, which, even if she be
rich, is not in the least pretty. The
rooms are small and dingy. have bare
walls very little furniture. and their
only outlook is upon the interior court
yard, which is not made bright and
pretty, but is usually without q vestige'
Of tree CT flower p
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
Swinburne's Els

Swinburne's Estimate of King Lear.
eff nothing were left Of Shakespeare
but the single tragedy of King Lear !"
wrote Algernon Charles Swinburne in
Harper's, sit would still be as plain as
It is now that he was the greatest man
that ever lived. AS a poet the author Of
this play can only be compared with
Hschylus. The Hebrew prophets and
the creator of Job are sometimes as
sublime in imagination and in passion,
but always quite incomparably inferior
in imaginative intelligence.
''That Shakespeare's Judgment was
as great and almost as wonderful as
his genius has been a commonplace of
criticism ever since the days of Cole
ridge, questionable only by such dirty
and dwarfish creatures of simian intel
lect and facetious idiocy as mistake it
for a sign of wit instead of dullness
and of distinction instead of degreda
ton to deny the sun in heaven and af-
firm the fragrance of a sewer"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
The Way People Sit.

1t is one thing to have a chair and
another to know how to sit on it. The
ideal of a graceful sitting posture has
varied in the different ages of the
world. The Egyptians sat bolt upright,
the knees and feet closely pressed to-
gether. 1t was the ceremonial attitude.
The Greeks and Romans, when their
seats had no backs and they were at
liberty to forget their dignity, sat
STOPPING, with one or both elbows sup
ported by the arms. The Chinese ideal
was the knees and feet wide apart.
They have maintained that attitude in
sitting for 1000 years. The Saxons and
early Norman kings are represented in
old manuscripts and on coins in the
same position. Down to a date COM
paratively recent kings and queens re-
ceived sitting s,ifiiy on their thrones,
any marked c,.lnge Of posture being
thought to dere ate from the royal dig
nifty. They me- receive standing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
illustrating the solar System.

The solar system is We'll illustrated
by the following statements: Let the
sun be represented by q globe two feet
in diameter. \ grain of mustard seed at
the circumference of a circle l64 feet
in diameter will adequately represent
the size and distance of Mercury. The
earth will be represented by pea on
the circumference Of circle 2S4 feet
across, and Venus by another pea on
the outside of q 430 foot circle. Mars
will be adequately represented by a
pinhead at G54 feet, and the asteroids
by grains of sand 1000 to 1920 feet
away. An orange at the distance of
half a mile will stand for Jupiter, a
very small apple at four-ffths of a
mile will stand for Saturn and cher
ry on the circumference of a circle ia
miles across will represent Uranus.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
Rain and Plants.

Many persons must have noticed that
the most diligent sprinkling of lawns
and flower beds fails to impart to the
grass and plants vital stimulus equal
to that which comes from good show
er of rain. A correspondent reminds
us Of the reason for the difference. 1t
is because rain, falling from a great
height through the air, brings with it
a considerable quantity of carbonic
acid, of heterogeneous particles and of
other elements nutritious to plants
which it has washed out of the atmos-
phere. So a sprinkler used from the
top of a tall building might be slightly
more effective than when employed at
the surface of the ground.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
Tee II or the i,ea,

The beaver is armed MAJ two long
chisellike teeth il each jaw. These
teeth are exceedingly powerful and are
TO a beaver what an AK is to a woods
man. One such tooth taken from the
lower jaw of a medium sized skull
they can be removed without diff
Guilty, unlike the most Of ours is bent
into nearly semicircle and measures
five inches along its outer curve. Only
one inch OF this length projects from
the skull The corresponding one from
the upper jaw is bent into more than Il
complete half circle and measures upon
its outer face four inches, of which
less than an inch protrudes from it's
bone casing. In width each tooth is
five-eighths of an inch. Examination
Of one Of them reveals the secret of
how beaver can perform such feats
as chopping down birch tree sixteen
inches in diameter, not to speak of
softer woods like the Eastwood, of
much greater size.
The tooth is composed of two ma
terials. Along the outer face or front
of the tooth is a thin plate of exceed
ingly hard enamel On the inner, form
ing the body of the tooth, is a sub
stance called dentine The dentine,
being softer, wears away with use.
The thin enamel remains comparative
ly unworn, SO that the tooth assumes
the shape of a keen chisel that never
grows dull. The tooth is hollow at the
base for half it's length and is filled
with a nourishing substance which
keeDS il constantly growing
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
CAUTION!

This is not gentle word-but when
You think how liable you are not to pur.
chase the only remedy universally known
and remedy that has had the largest
sale Of any medicine in the world since
1868 for the cure and treatment of Con-
sumption and Throat and Lung troubles
without losing it's great popularity all
these years, you will be thankful we
called your attention to Boschee's Ger
man Syrup. There are SO many ordinary
cough remedies made by druggists AMI
others that are cheap and good for light
colds perhaps. but for severe Coughs,
Bronchitis, Croup-and especially for
Consumption, where there is difficult ex-
pectoration and coughing during the
nights and mornings, there is nothing
like German Syrup. The 25 cent size
has just been introduced this year
Regular size rs cents. At all druggists
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
1t Didn't Work.

In his lecture Love, Courtship and
Marriage" delivered ia the Lebanon
Valley College chapel several years
ago, Rev. J ohm De Witt Miller of Phila-
delphia said that men should kiss their
wives as they did when they were a
year or two married. When the lecture
was over an old man went home, put
his arm around his wife's neck and
kissed her.
Meeting the lecturer some time after,
he said, '"It's no 60"
"What isn't" said the lecturer.
''Vel," sale the man, "ven kissed my
wife she said, Watts gone wrong NIT
YOU, YOU Quilt fool. youY"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-02
WILSON Brothers
pAARMACY
PHAR M ACY.
A SURPRISED OhiOan.

An American who has been travelling
in Japan says the japanese have a word
of salutation which sounds like Ohio
When he was in Yokohama, q fellow
countryman was seeing the sights from
a rickshaw. The japanese are very po-
lite, and when even the American met
them they gave him the usual word of
greeting. At first he wasn't quite GER
tain, but as party after party bowed
profoundly and said "Ohio" he became
convinced that they were uttering the
name Of his own state, and he was q
badly puzzled occidental. Finally, on
passing a group of a dozen or more,
who were more than usually courteous
and who vOciferated the word of vel
come, he couldn't repress his astonish-
ment any further. Yes" he said, 81
am from Ohio and from Jefferson cOun-
ty, but how did you fellows get on to
the factY'