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Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24
Tie checked the thought as unworthy.

Tie checked the thought as unworthy.
and in the days that followed the wh!rr
of his wheel was the busiest in thu
shop, till the people wondered and
whispered among themselves that il
was strange the master should work
ut the lathe early and late Had Nello,
then, the making of Il miser in him?
Lizette Ricordo looked ut him With
! tender. blue Venetian eyes.
They reminded him of another pair
that had laughed into his own in the
moonlight on the canal but they awoke
no tender light in his own. lie waited
and trusted. Rosa must write soon.
Every morning he rose expectant,
| every night he looked for the morrow
! with unquenched hope.
Pictro stood in the doorway. rolling
Il cigarette in his strong brown fingers.
His merry heart was saddened. for lie
alone of all the workers guessed the
secret that hung heavy OH Nello's
heart. the cloud that cast its shadow or
his gentle face.
THE American signora has turned
| the child's head: she will not return"
he sighed.
And as he sighed the cry of la
posta"' sounded hoarse and long.
| drawn-out above the babel of voices.
The letter had come; lie handed it tc
Nello. and LETT him.
Nello turned into the darkness of the
shop. The flimsy pink envelope bore
number OF postmarks. He tore it
| apart, and it fell Gnhceded to the
| floor.
No one heard the cry that was wrunc
from his heart. They had left him
alone with sorrow. She wrote lightly.
night OH the canal. There We're maid
ems in plenty in the Gale to solace
him. AS for her. she was in no haste
TO return to dull Venice
The chatter OF Mere Ricordo rs she
bartercd her fruits to the brown-eyed
urchins floatcd in and cut his heart.
Rosa and he had played out there
together. and one day he had bought
her promise TO be his little wife with
handful OF cherries. lie thought bit.
terly. as later he had bought il With
q string of brightly colorcd beads.
lie bent his head ON his arms across
the rough table. ana two large tears
fell down and mingled with the shay
ings and the sawdust.
How suddenly his house OF cards had
fallen,
He would forSet-he must forget
but the dry sob that racked him showed
that the wound would be i'll TO heal.
1t drowned the sound of n light. soft
step. He did not see the girl who en-.
tered and picked up the envelope. its
gayness marred with the delaying
postmarks. The first he knew of her
presence was the pressure of Il soft.
warm arm. whisper that was .
caress.
"'Tls I. thy naughty Rosa. Canst
forgive me, Nello: did not know
my heart
And Ncllo's JOY was crowned.-New
York News.
Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24
\ OLD TIVE TAVONTES 0
80. s@gsssaa.sssss Co., "a e.
THE cHAMBERED NAUTILUS.
by oliver wendell Holmes.

By
of the W. Grswod, :he
pao and tenderness
$ the OF pearls, which, fiSn,
the unhadowed
In glls ench
And coral reefs
Whent thee s.
I.swc o hvinc o m
Wrecked ;
Aad chambed CELL
Wherei IS dim a dwell,
As the fal shaped his growing shell,
thee
Its unseald
artery he lent
That spread his lurous coil;
a
the dwelling for the
soft shining archway through,
: idle door,
Stretched his found home and knew the Old nc M"
Thanlso the heavenl MESA ebrought by tho
of
Cas- from
From thy dead lips clearer note is born
Than Triton blew wreahed horn!
y
emorest
rom a
Till thou at length
Leaving thine outsrown shell by fes unresing sea-
Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24
Hobson's Choice.

Mr.. Harper tells us all there is to be
told about Thomas Hobson. the famous
carrier between London and Cam
bridge. who died In 1851. 1t was from
him that the proverb of "Hobson's
choice" arose. meaning. of course. n
choice which is no choice. THE saying
arose from the livery stable business
carried on by Hobson at Cambridge in
addition to his carrying trade. He is.
indeed. said to have been the first who
made Il business OF letting out saddle
horses. His practice. invariably fol-
lowed. was TO refuse to allow any
horse in his stables to be taken out of
its proper turn. That or none was his
unfailing formula. when the Cam
; bridge students. eager to pick and
choose. would have selected their Sn
fancy in horsehesh. Every custom ,r
was served alike. without favor."-Lon-
don Telegraph. ------.----.------..-
Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24
He WAS ABOVE 1T.
Young Mans Answer to Student OF
SocioloGY.

1I'iy IHSH SU5"sT TO SIuIClt OF
Sociology.
Smith is man of education. who's
particular study is sociology. Much o.:
his time is spent a;acng children of
the poorer classes. and in the vacation
period. when these are congregated in
the Fairgrounds of the city, he works
among them directing their play.
Visitors to the grounds are frequent.
but few ask questions. Recently. how.
ever-so Smith informed the writer
young fellow appeared. watched the
children for time. seemed interested
and asked few questions about them
AS the young man was neatly
dressed. clean shaven. quiet in man.
ne". and not unintelligent looking
Smit: wcs prepared TO find him stu
dent of problems. like himself
Are you interested particularly in
this kind of work? Perhaps you are
doing elsewhere as am doing here?'
said Smith.
Smith said that the smile which
preluded mis- reply was crushing. oh
no." said the youth I've got good
trade. Free Press
Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24
Complicated Golf Scoring.

Il was playing golf against friend
the other day. and after magnificent
drive was astounded 20 see a COW
swallow my ball.
the COW on to the green. and witt
many whacks made her disgorge my
ball close to the hole. then holeG
out with the next stroke. as l hat
uone IL in two strokes-a drive and q
putt"
No" said my friend, YOU took 15.'
How do you make that out?" re
piled.
Why" said hs, you hit the COW
with your cleek 13 times. which, with
your drive and putt, makes Lion
don Globe.
Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24
RU7S.

The walking sick, what
a crowd Of them there are
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
"ChrOnic cases" that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
mcans-long sickness.
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
Of the rut. 1t makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
ac~vcs and gives appetite
or ordinary food.
Scots Emulsion can be
aiken IS long as sickness
!2'tj and do good all the
tir.c.
here's new strength
md flesh in every dose.
Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24

I utt's Pills
days of misery, and enable him to eat
whatever he wishes. They preven.
SICK HEADACHE,
cause the food to assimilate and nour.
iSh the body, give keen appetite,
, DEVELOP FLESH
and solid muscle. Elegantly sugcr
Take No Substitute.
prufrssinnaI Garna.
COLLINS & JONES, Attorneys.
| at-Law. Snow Hill. Md. Office in
Court House.
.'urliell s. Johnson, Clayton J.
Purnell, William f. johnson, Attor-
neys-at-Law, Snow Hill, Md. Office
opposite Court House.
! CALVIN b. TAYLOR, Attorney
and Counsellor at Law. Berlin, Md.
c. w. CONVICTION, Attorney
and Counselor at Law, Snow Hill,
Md. Law Office in his residence,
Church and Martin streets.
w. G. KERETN, Attorney-at.Law,
Snow Hill, Md. Office opposite Court
House.
J. EDWARD WHITE Attorney
atLaw, Snow Hill. Special attention
I to collection Of claims and negotia.
tions Of loans.
Il. *. WILSON, Attorney Law,
Snow Hill. Md. Office opposite Court
House square, corner Washington and
Market street.
$. H. TOWNSEND, Attorney-at-
Law, Snow Hill, Md. Office in Odd
Fellows Building.
MELVIN & HANDY, Attorneys
at-Law. Office i'll George w. Pur-
nell's former Office opposite Court
House. @. o. Melvin and John II.
Handy.
Democratic messenger., 1903-01-24

10 true man can live a half life
when he has genuinely learned that 1t
is only half life. The other half
the higher half-must haunt him.
?;llips Brooks.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

The people know that they need in their repre-
sentative much more than talent, namely, the
power to make his talent trusted. They cannot
come at their ends by sending to Congress a
learned, acute, and fluent speaker, if he be not
one who, before he was appointed by the people
to represent them, was appointed by Almighty
God to stand for a fact,-invincibly persuaded of
that fact N himself,-so that the most confident
and the most violent persons learn that here is
resistance on which both impudence and terror
are wasted, namely, faith in an act. The men
who carry their points do not need to inquire of
their constituents what they should say, but are
themselves the country which they represent;
nowhere are its opinions and emotions so instant
as in them; nowhere so pure from a selfish infu-
sion.-From Emerson's Essay on "Character."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

The managers of the campaign for post-check
currency report themselves as we'll pleased with
the progress of their measure in the recent ses-
sion Of Congress, and express confidence at the
outlook for final and favorable action next De-
cember. The whole matter is given in a nutshell
by the New York Press:
"Familiarity with the Post Check currency
plan is the chief essential to unqualified approval.
Acquaintance with it is easy. The Government
issues 81, 50, and S. bills, much like Bank of Eng
land notes, having blank spaces thereon. These
bills possess all the virtues of our present curren-
cy, with this new one added: That when the owner
OF one of them desires to remit it through the
mails he sticks on a two-cent stamp, cancels it.
writes in the blank spaces his name and the name
of the payee, and the operation transforms the
currency into a check which will be paid, on iden-
tlhcation, by any money order post Office or bv
any bank. This, we should say, is the extreme of
facility and simplicity. It provides everybody
with a check book which he can I'll out at will,
without the trouble even of making d deposit!"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

It will be observed that our Washington CORE
spondent quotes the new agrostologist of the De-
partment of Agriculture as saying:
GA tremendous transformation must come bo-
fore the South will again become agricuIturaIv
rich. Cotton was once a profitable crop, but il
has come to the point now where farmers are los
ing money on this crop. No replenishment of soil
fertility is practiced, and even the cotton-sced is
shipped away, and they are selling their farms
with their crops. TIL hope Of the South lies in
raising live stock and growing more grasses and
cow-peas."
Of course, you are ready enough to assent to
this as a general proposition, but the real Ques-
ton is whether or not you have applied the prin-
ciple to your own farm. Your belief counts for
nothing unless your practice conforms to that be-
lief. And just now when you are planning the
crops for a new year, it is very easy to see
whether or not you are "sinning against knowl-
edge" in this particular.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

That was an interesting pen picture of Marconi
in The Progressive Farmer March 1Oth-inter-
esting not only as an impression of the brilliant
inventor of wireless telegraphy, but as an Illus
t~ration of the one-sided development Of so many
successful men. Absorbed in his work, this man
of twenty-eight has labOred so necessarily and 50
monot0nously that he has melancholy features
and the look of a man of forty" he cannot smile
pleasantly; his eye is cold, his face inpassiye.
From one point of view, this looks like another
illustration of the ~changeless and universal law
of compensation. We win nothing without pay
ing the price, and Marconi pays Millions price Of
fame-"scorns delights and lives laborious days"
Put it is not necessary to get into a rut to be sue
c~essful; it is not necessary to sacrifice all the
pleasures of living to ones business interests.
Many men do this, however-and they are not all
city business men either. There are many Grad
grinds on the farm-men who never try to get
anything out of life except food and raiment.
We believe very earnestly in thoroughgOing
application to business, but we do not believe in
laying on the altar of business all ones nOber
privileges as a man and a citizen. The article on
Getting Into Ruts and Getting Out" in last
weeks Progressive Farmer will suggest some
other thoughts along this line. Read it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

We commend to our readers the series of Easy
Science Studies for Farmers" by Editor II. A.
Bereman of Colman's Rural World, the first num-
Der of which appears ON page 2. We have exam
ined the first ten articles of the group, and so
have reason to know that they will set forth much
practical agricultural science in simple language,
attractive in form but easily understood. Among
the subjects to be discussed in future issues are:
"Why Mushrooms Have Gills," GLOW Water Runs
Uphill" "How Soil Was Made" "Mechanical Va
r~ieties of Soils" "Humus," plant and Soil Con-
stituents," ETC., etc. Not only should every farm
er read these articles, but we especially desire
that every farmer boy read them. They will both
interest and instruct and will afford young minds
much matter for thought and investigation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

Several changes in the personnel of the State
Board of Agriculture have been made this month.
Mr.. John NJ. Forehand, of Chowan County, sue
ceeds Mr.. J. B. Cofield as representative of the
First District; Mr.. j. E. Stokes, of BERTHE, sue
cccds Mr.. Z. L. Daughtridge in the Second Dis
trict; Mr.. r. w. Scott, of Alamance, succeeds
Col. John S.. Cunningham in the Fifth, and Mr..
r.. l.. Doughton, of Allegheny, succeeds Mr.. P. B.
Kennedy in the Eighth. The terms of Messrs.
Flow, Joyce, Browning and Ray, from the State
~at-Iarge, chosen by the Legislature of 1897, have
now expired, and hereafter the Boards member
ship will be confined to the ten representative
of the Congressional districts.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

Tho following item is from Charity and Chill
dren:
THE R. F. d. system is a great convenience
and will stimulate our people, we have no doubt,
to a greater degree of intelligence. At first we
looked at the whole business as simply a few
more petty government jobs to be filed, but we
were wrong and The Progressive Farmer was
right. Our people living away from the railroads
will be the chief gamers by free delivery, and we
hope they will use it to the best possible advan-
tage.'
But Charity and Children is not the only paper
that looked on unfavorably or uncearingly when
we began the fight to introduce the system in
North Carolina. It was months before we re-
ceived any substantial support from our brother
editors. 1t is indeed gratifying to see the now
unanimous approval of the system as a great con-
v~enience and a great promoter of newspaper read
ing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

1t is always painful to have to refuse to print
obituary notices, but necessity cOmpels edi-
tors, as we'll as other people, to perform painful
duties. We haven't room for a regular obituary
department, and it would be p~alpably unfair and
unsatisfactory to publish one or two obituaries
each week and refuse to print death notices of
half a dozen other people equally good and equal
Iy dear to their friends. Hence, the necessity
for the rule announced in these columns more
than a year ago: We cannot print formal (obitu-
aries or resolutions of respect. Of course, as the
official organ of the State Farmers Alliance, it
becomes our duty to publish in full the proceed
ings of it's sessions and the resolutions of it's
committees, but this is the only exception we
make to the general and well-established rule that
we have just repeated.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

The book, sketches of Old Virginia" offered
a. a nrizo for the best article on cold Times IN
the South" by any man who reads The Progress
sive Farmer. will be mailed to the prize winner
April 10th. Any sketch received before that time
will be considered in making the award. We
bonod and expected that this offer would call forth
a considerable number of ante-bellum, wartime,
and Ku-Klux articles by our older readers, but
only a very a very few have responded. 1t is not
too late, however, and we hope this note will set
a number to recalling their experiences in the
"days gone by" and that a number of articles will
follow. Remember, we are not caring for fine
writing or a learned style: we ask only for stories
and impressions of life in slavery, wartime and
Reconstruction days, simply and clearly told.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

Mr.. Hutchens Hapgood, whose business as a
reporter has often taken him into the worst dis
tricts of New York City, is writing for one OF
the illustrated magazines "The Autobiography OF
a Thief" being the confessions of a man whom he
encountered and studied while in the slums. The
publishers deserve no credit for printing this
story, and we believe it will do harm. Neverthe-
less, since it has been given to the public, we can
get at least this much good out of it, the follow
ing, paragraph constituting one of the strongeS'
of arguments for the reformatory principle
this being the language of the thief telling OF his
first arrest when a mere boy:
1.-The next morning I was arraigned III u3
police court and sent for ten days to the Boys
Prison IN the Tombs, where I learned still mort
about the world of graft. In those days COZ
demned murderers were hanged right outside LILO
boys prison, and this fact was often talked aOou,
with bated breath by the young lads. All xmas
boys were there, from tender to tough, but "D'D
they we're released there were no tender oS'
among them. We used to tell one another ouS1
perlences, and l learned a few more things aOOn,
dipping [stealingl. Ny teacher made me ~
through the motions till I could do them de1'[f
us that l should meet the Sixth Ward uP
th1eVesi as soon as [ was released. "naSo
faults the Gerry Society may have, it has q IIhr
world of good. Little children are certainly DV'O
cared for in these days."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

The new State bonds are now offered for sale.
The interest rate is low, but it is sure and the
investment safe. Persons who have small sums
of spare money will do we'll to buy up some of
these $50 and 800 bonds instead of letting their
money lie idle or investing it in PARKWAY gold
q mines or city(O lots with mountain-like
promises and mole-hill performances. It is still
as true of these "get-rich-quick" schemes as it
was ir the days of Solomon that che that hasteth
TO be rich hath an evil eye and considereth not
that poverty shall come upon him" Better risk
small but sure gains.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

Prospective Raleigh visitors should make a
note of the fact that one of the points of inter
est" that no enc can now afford to overlook is the
Hall of History of the State Museum, into which
Col. L. A. Odds has gathered a rare collection of
strange and historic objects. The Hall has been
in existence only a few months, but the industry
and enterprise of Col. Olds has resulted in a
highly creditable exhibit. Henceforth it is one
of the features of our city.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
FROM CRAB ORCHARD

correspopience 90 iii. r.s SION. f.r r.sf
CEan ugcnArn, VA. Juiy nale a.
lsss' q iroudaie, in she Wildcat Naiir,.
vas here today on business
The farmers Of This section are rcioicin,
over ihe noe rain on SUNDAY Everything
Is growing and looks prosperous.
horr correspondent wcui o. The pock a.
FRIDAY on business and had thc pleasure
Of heing 40 thc Baptist meeting Sc Noscnn
Light Chnc. or Saturday ani SUNDAY.
ana vas we'll entertained hv the able dis
courses made 10 a eery large ar-.S...s Of
people hy Rev p. Wit. ~ niastrefrr.
"ent io the home 1T Iion farsons On
SUNDAY aitcr the services perc over a.
the church aad took dinner with hin, Z
found ihe Pocket TO De = eonutrs hosisg
vi,h miik aud honey. X.X.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

said gr>a, business man, "are my
partners and they need all the
strength ard courage can give
them, and he forthwith paid for a
$1,000. 600 policy in The Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New
York Not without the most care
ful investigation, however, extend
ing over six months. He was con
WINGED by just such facts as led the
President Of A National Bank in
New York TO make the curious and
shrewd provision in his will, which
is contained in "a Bankers VIII. .
Write for it and also for the
account OF the 81. 900. 600 policy,
The Largest Annual Premiums.
This Company ranks
FivH-Iu Assets.
F,rif-fn Amount Paid roiicy-hoiders
Firff-iu age.
The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEw York,
RfeuAsD 4 NecvrDr. President,
Frank W. Adams, Manager
for Virginia
Wise County lnsur. Agency,
BIC STONE GAP. VA,
District Managers.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

DR.. Weir Mitchell give treat
ment Tor rs,sle snake bises which has
pulled many patients through
About the limb which has been bit
ten. broad baud or hgstare should
be drawn tight enough 20 cheek the
circulation and the wound should he
eUpped OF sucked. At regular in
tervsls the band shoald be loosenrd
for a moment. and stimulsats az the
same time should be given aud thus
the poison, instead Of entering the
system sll AZ once eaters a gradually
aud ia small doses. The stimulants
shoaid he measured cut generously
bat not -seklessly: Il is their purpose
Only to tide the pstient over the ex-
treme prostrstioa that the poison
causes. As the ligssed limb swells,
the baud should De moved back Tor
there IL danger. otherwise Of exess-
s;ve swelling which might set up
gssgre--s
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

Tn Car Of Russis is IN favor OF
universal peace. still BE- has the
largest srmy in the world lie has
more officers than We have officers
aud men IN our regular army lii,
troops exceed 100000 lie could
increase the number 20 5000. 00G ami
eoald put into the field soc, 900 Of
the best horses 10 the world. 4
private does not receive more than
enc cent a day
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

TuEEr are upward OF Fix million
farms in this country sloue Their
value is over twenty billions Their
products approach five billions aa-
uuany. They spend nearly four mile
lions a year Tor labor Five millions
Of these farms are operated by white
persons. aud nearly million BY ne
grocs
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

FAHvEns ct Indiana have FORMED
combine. with headquarter- 81 In
disnapoli-, sud are demanding ad-
vsnced prices Tor al farm products.
4 bulletin hiss been prepared and
will be distributed TO farmers al over
the United states. calling ON them
60 demand q minimum price OF one
dollar per bushel tor wheSt
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
TARGET MATCH

The FIRST ou the program was the
pistol target match by the Big Stone
Gap Police Guara which took place
az g O'Clock The event was largely
attended The prize. q handsome in-
scubcd Smith 4 Wessou pistol. was
won by g " kilbouru. who scored
che largest number.
Below is the complete score in this
contest.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

Arm al there l. one advantage
IN being king If Scrvia. lie Is not
likely 20 be bothered by insurance
solicitors.