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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
THE MONEY COTTON BRINGS.
The Lint and the Seed Bring This to a
Good Figure.

OOOu 14Su4Ss
Another bale of cotton was sold on
the market here yesterday, this max
ing the third bale of the new crop
sold in Raleigh.
The bales on Thursday sold at
twelve cents and eleven and a quar-
ter cents a pound. That at twelve
cents was sold by W. S. Turner, of
Panther Branch, to M. A. Parker,
and weighed $40 pounds. A bale
from @. D. Stephens, of Barton's
Greek township, weighing 419 pounds
was bought by Messrs. G. E. johnson
e. Company, who also bought the
bale sold yesterday by Mr. G. W.
Stephens. It weighed Al pounds
and sold at eleven cents, bringing
$48.51.
None of the cotton thus far sold
has ranked high as cotton, and the
price of twelve cents is not the
highest that the best cotton will
bring. With the present price the
farmer who has good cotton is going
to be made happy.
The value of the cotton seed is to
be added to the cash obtained for
the lint. The weight of the cotton
seed varies and this depends on the
season. As a rule cotton will gin out
about one-third and 1900 pounds of
seed will give 400 pounds of lint. In
this section the cotton gives more
lint than one-third, possibly thirty
five to thirty7six per cent.
The price paid for cotton seed at
the end of last season was $14 a ton
of 1000 pounds, this running thirty
pounds to the bushel and being
twenty-one cents a bushel. I t ran
higher than this during the season,
twenty-five cents being an average
price.
On this basis, a bale of cotton of
$50 pounds will be made from 1900
pounds of seed cotton. At twelve
cents a pound the $50 pounds will
bring $54 and the $50, pounds of seed
at twenty-five cents a bushel to a
fraction over 81, this added to the
$54 for the bale makes the gross re-
ceipt for the cotton $61. With the
price of cotton seed at twenty-one
cents a bushel the figures will be in
the neighborhood of $50, but if cot
ton goes up to thirteen cents and the
seed goes to twenty-five cents a bush
ell, or over, then the gross receipts
will crawl up higher.
It is expected that the 1908 crop in
this section will exceed that of 1902,
when 5000 bales were sold. In 1901
the market opened at eight cents, in
1902 at eight and a half cents, and
now in 1903 at twelve cents.-News
and Observer,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
The Farmers Will Get 5000, 900, 900 Any
Wav You Take It.

The Southern farmer seems to
have the bird more nearly in hand
than in the bush. The cotton farm
er, and not the tobacco farmer, is
here meant. It seems probable that
if 100000 bales are made, the
price will be 10 cents a pound, and
the Southern farmer will receive for
the crop 10 cents a pound. This
e $500, 100000. If the crop is
100000 bales, it will be u cents a
pound, which means the same $780,
100000, besides a saving of $10,OO0,-
900 cost for not having to pick the
deficiency of 100000 bales. If the
crop is more or less, the price will
be in inverse ratio more or less,
which means, any way you take it,
$6O0,O00,O00 for the crop.
Something like five years ago, the
crop sold for $500, 100000. The crop
has not very materially increased in
five years. The crop of 1903 and
1904, September to September, may
be a little more or less. The interest
ing fact is that, for approximately
the same crop in the year 1903-1904
the purchasing price will be $780,
100000 instead of $500, 900.
Farmers used to argue whether at
the old price, viz: 100000, 900 for
100000 bales cotton, there was a
profit or loss. Perhaps some made a
little profit and some made a little
less. No matter. At $600,000,000
for the same crop or any other crop,
all hands ought to make a profit.
This talk is about farmers. The
poor cotton mill man is, in some
lines, having his day in the mud. The
ladies in China and South Africa
are kicking at the high prices to
homespuns have been driven.
Mrs. Few-Few of China, declares she
will spin and weave her own cloth
before she will pay the price, while
the lady in middle Africa c~avalierly
informs the agent of the American
mill that clothes are of doubt
propriety amongst the ~aristocracy
of the Congo valley anyway.
You've all heard of a lead-pipe
The Southern farmer APP
pears to have this kind of a cinch on
$500, 900, 900, in place of the former
$500, 100000, no matter whether
much or little cotton is made. The
price will fit itself to the quantity.
and make the $6OO,OOO,OO0 just the
same.-Oharlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
Easy SCIENCE STUDIES FOR
FARMERS.
VIVA Few Elementary Truths.

something OF d scIeHI4SC' nOC CHaC Ao
n,rst burn the midnight oil over
soipntifc books and lectures, nor that
10 must take a scientific course. If
ba is wise, however, he will get clear
" in mind a few simple facts which
scientific Investigation has fully es-
+abIished. and the object of the pres
ont article is to group a few of these
together and put them in such shape
that the farmer a get a firm grasp
on them and keep that grasp contin-
ually. meditating by daytime as he
turns the burrows as to their bearing
upon his business.
Our readers all know by this time
that nitrogen in some of its combina-
lions is essential to plant and animal
life. You can not grow an ounce of
muscle or an ounce of healthy bone
without nitrogen, and this nitrogen
must get to the animal through the
plant and to the plant through the
soil and to the soil from the air. Nj
trogen in one sense is the cheapest
thing in the world. Nearly four
ffths of the air is composed of what
is called free nitrogen, and yet
neither plant nor animal can avail it
self of it except it's nature has been
entirely changed. 1t is so cheap that
it is worthless, and sometimes we
think the Creator mixed it with the
oxygen to keep this whole world from
being blown to pieces the first time
some farmer strikes a match.
The nitrogen which we have in the
soil has been derived from the air
through the leaves of leguminous
plants, whether grasses, trees, weeds,
or the lower forms of plant life. The
second largest family of plants we
have Is the Leguminosae, and it is
their business to draw from the air
enough nitrogen to keep plant and
animal life in existence. This is done
through the tubercles, or, rather, the
microscopic inhabitants of the tuber-
cles which are found on the roots of
these plants.
How, then, may the farmer avail
himself of these simple facts into
which we have condensed the teach
ing of whole volumes and long and
patient years of Investigation on the
part OF scientific men? First, let him
establish a rotation of crops in which
d large place is given to these le-
gumInous plants; the cIovers, where
lie can grow them, and cowpeas, soy
Deans, and alfalfa where he can not.
Il he haryests his nitrogen by plow-
ing up a crop of clover after it has
produced seed, he has done two
ulngS: First, secured a supply of
nitrogen for the use of plants; Sec
ona' ne has stored the soil with hu-
mus IN which nitrogen is mainly held.
NO farm car run down if it is kept
IL good physical condition and well
supplied with nitrogen. No farm,
however well supplied with nitrogen,
Gan DO its best unless it is kept in
sOOu physical condition. that ia. well
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
Paris, KY.

You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and
forge yourself one.-Froude.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-01
A Curious Phenomenon.

The freezing Of the leaves and
buds on clear spring nights when
the air temperature is above freezing
point has been superstitiously looked
upon as an effect of the moor's light.
An English experimenter finds that
while all objects have the tempera-
ture Of the surrounding air on cloudy
nights, rapid radiation may pro-
duce a difference on clear nights, and
a piece Of cotton proyedlto beat times
six and even eight degrees colder
than the air. Plants may be similar
" chilled below freezing, with the
air above.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-01
LIFE SIZE.
Stories Related of Sargent's Portraits
Of Roosevelt and Hay.

Va NVoseVe1I an0 hay.
Aninteresting incident is connect
ed with John S. Sorgent's portrait of
President Roosevelt. The BROOKLYN
Eagle says that the artist had tried
several times to pose the president,
but the light had never suited him.
Finally some one suggested that
the lower corridor Of the white house
might do, andith party moved down
the new marble stairway. Just as
they reached the foot, President
Roosevelt placed a hand on the new
ell post.
Sargent turned suddenly and not
ed the position of his model under an
effective lightshining down the stair
way from the north.
"Stop just where you are, Mr..
President" said he. CHATS what /
want. The pose is perfect and the
light is good"
Then and there he began to work
upon the remarkable portrait. 1t
proved to be SO good that there was
no doubt it would stand the test
which was inyoluntarily applied to
the portrait Of Secretary Hay.
A lady who was staying in Wash
ington one day returned to her hotel
and said to her husband, who was a
friend Of the secretary:
Il have just seen Secretary Hay
walking up Pennsylvania avenue"
'Why did you think it was her"
asked her husband, knowing that she
had never met the gentleman.
"Because l saw John Sargent's
portrait come to life"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-01
Vegetables with Magnetic Power.

There has been discovered in the
forests Of India a plant which pos
sesses astonishing magnetic" power.
The hand which breaks a leaf from
it Immediately receives a shock equal
TO that which is produced by the con-
ductor an induction coil. AT a dis
lance Of 20 feet a magnetic needle
is affected by it, and it will be quite
deranged if brought near. The en-
ergy Of this singular influence varies
with the hours Of the day. All-pow-
erful about two o'clock in the after
noon, It is absolutely annuiled DUR
ing the night. AT times Of storms its
Intensity amounts to striking pro-
portions. Birds and insects never
alight on the plant; an instinctse seems
to warn them that they would meet
with sudden death. None Of the mag
netic metals are found where it
grows, which is a prof that the cleo
sric force belongs exclusively to the
plant.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-01
REAL A

Tor sale in Lexington. Farms
for sale. Houses to rent. If
you have any real estate to
sell place it in his hands-no
cost if no sale. Office in
Lexington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-01
WOMAN DIVER.
Made a Trip to Bottom of Sea from
Side of Steamer.


Miss Jessie Ackermann, the IA
nous traveller, describes her trip to
the bottom of the sea in a divers
suit, in the Housekeeper. This Z
plot, at the pearling grounds be-
tween Australia and Singapore, was
performed at the instigation of a
ships officer, who had cast asper-
SiOns upon Miss Ackerman's courage.
"The suit l wore," says Miss Acker-
mann, "was made of thick rubber.
The shoes weighed 80 pounds apiece.
The helmet had an oval glass set in
the front through which 1 could see
plainly before me. To the helmet
were fastened two lines of hose, one
for the escape Of foul air, the other
for the transmission of fresh air
from above. When the suit, helmet
and shoes were finally adjusted l felt
like some knight of old in his iron
armor. Attempting to walk l found
that my limbs refused to perform
their usual office, owing to the 200
pounds of extra rigging. Several Of
fcers then took me by the shoulders
while others seized the great lead
soled shoes, and together they car
ried me to the side of the steamer.
A swing or two to throw me beyond
the rail, and was literally cast over
board. A moment later, amid a great
splash, | was floating among the
waves, fiat on my back. l looked
through the little glass window and
caught a glimpse of those mighty
shoes rising higher and higher. The
%predlcament was speedily observed
from the deck and | was soon pulled
up, when it was discovered that too
much air had been pumped into my
diving suit. The weight of the ar
MOI made me top-heavy, and the nat
ural result was an inverted descent
The difficulty was soon overcome BY
allowing the surplus air to escape
and another start was made. This
time l was taken to the side of the
ship and let down by means of a rope
attached to my waist. Almost be-
fore | was aware of it the sandy bot
tom was reached and | was able to
stroll about in comfort upon the
oceans bed. The brilliant colorinp
OF the sponges and seaweed especial
ty attracted my attention. The bot.
tom OF the sea at this depth is like a
gorgeous flower bed, One must not
imagine that the oceans bed ia a
place of dead things, where all is
d%reariness and desolation. On the
contrary, it pulsateS with life. Fish
dart about like birds fitting from
flower to flower, and the scene il
most enhancing"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-01
TIE COOK OF D
The Modern Kitchen Calls for a
HIeher Art Than Formerly.

No one need find anything para
doxical IN the statement that cook
ing, which is n Of the oldest fem
mine occupations, offers a new pro-
fession to women.
It is true that women have always
cooked, but not in the modern sense.
Surveying is the foundation of civil
engineering, and Washington had
the reputation of being a good sur
veyor; but if he were alive to-day,
and we're put at work beside a young
graduate of a technical school, the
chances are ten to one that the young
man would easily outclass the Father
Of his Country. Cooking has gone
through somewhat the same kind of
evolution as has civil engineering.
'0The kind that mother used to
make" is a term of pleasant reminis-
cence rather than Of descriptive ac-
curacy. The admission comes hard
and sounds ungrateful, but truth de-
mands it, says the Youths Compan-
ion.
The other day a young woman was
appointed official dietician to the
city of New York. She sits at a big
roll-top desk in the office of the de-
partment of charities, and by means
Of the telephone controls all the cooks
in all the hospitals and other insti-
buttons under the rule of the munic-
ipal authorities. She owes her posi-
ton to her knowledge not merely of
the preparation of food, but to the
chemistry of it.
Two Radcliffe college girls, after a
thorough course of study relating to
foods, have opened a bakery. 1t was
their idea to keep and sell a better
quality of bread than the ordinary
baker provides. They are doing it
with so much success that the busi-
ness has already outgrown the plant,
and an extension of their building is
necessary.
These are but instances of a tend
ency which shows itself in many
other ways; for example, in the hum
dreds Of "health foods" which are
50 generally advertised and SO wide
" sold.
The greatest producers of the ma
terial of food in the world, Amer
leans have been backward in the art
Of preparing it properly for use.
Especially is this true Of the coun-
try, although popular opinion may
be to the contrary. The schools are
giving good training and there is
need of it all. "The kind that
daughter makes may yet replace
the older and more common phrase.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-01
LIZARDS.
Some of the More Remarkable Speci-
mems Common in This Country.

Some of the More Remarkable Speci-
mems Common in This Country.
Some of the most curious of our
reptiles are to be found among the
lizards. One of the best known, says
the Woman's Home Companion, is
the so-called "horned toad" which
is common in the arid regions
throlghout the west. | kept a num-
n of these little fellows in captivity
last summer, and they became so
anne that they would take ants and
flies from my fingers.
Another remarkable reptile is
The legless lizard, the so-called glass
make, or joint-snake, which is quite
common in the woods Of the south.
II this creature is hit with a stick the
chances are that it will break up into
d number Of fragments, in a manner
very surprising to one who witnesses
the act for the first time. As mat
ter Of fact, the fragments which
come off are postanal-that is they
pre- really parts of the tail-so that
Ehe reptile dots not perish as a result
81 its brittleness.
The much-talked-of ella monster
IS an orange-and black lizard found
a the southwestern part of the
United States. Its bite is venomous
and sometimes dangerous.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-28
HANDH0LDlnG IN KANSAS.
The Etiquette Of the Evening Call Laid
Down In Emp0rla.

An important question was up for
discussion last night at the regular
meeting of the Amalgamated Hand
holders Union. Rae Witherington,
who holds high Office in the national
organization, was accused by certain
west side girl of being ''slow," that he
had called at her home a few evenings
ago, and after making few shy at
tempts at holding her hand had given
up and hadn't done thing but talk
the remainder of the evening, and
that in her opinion he wasn't fit or
competent person to hold the place he
did in the Handholders' Union.
This story reached the ears OF With
erington's enemies in the union. and
they at once brought charges of ''in'
competency before the Exalted
lStrangleholder. +" who decided to inves.
tieate the charges. Witherington was
called before this official and toId his
.side.n He said that he had made a
conscientious effort to hold this girls
hand. and when she refused the sixth
time and had threatened to call her
father. he had desisted, thinking that
further effort would be rude and I'M.
Igentlemanly.
| The west side girl was then called on
the witness stand and asked to testify.
She said that Rae had tried six times,
but that none of the girls in her crowd
thought of letting a young man bold
her hand under eight trials. She said
she had heard Of certain girls that did,
but that she thought no lady who cared
ANYTHING for her reputation would dc
a thing like that. She admitted hav'
ing threatened to call her father, but
that the young man ought to have had
better sense than to think that she
meant to do 1t.
II When her testimony was completed
| a long discussion arose as to how Ions
a young man could persist in trying t.
hold a young lady's hand without &c
ing considered rude and ungentleman
lly, and how soon a self-respectin
young lady could give up without &C
Touring the reputation.o of being "easy.
lit ended by the Exalted Strangleholde
lgiving his opinion that three attempt
were enough and that six was too many
: and that any girl with melting polr
either above these figures was to
\ boycotted by the union.
III The question of how long a youn
gentleman should know young LAD
before he held her hand was ali
drought up for discussion. After COZ
siderable debating and celebrating
the officials it was decided that a your
Itman ought to call on a girl at least tv
times and not more than four tim
before he was entitled to sit in tt
Hammock with her and hold her han
Ul-Emporia Gazette.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-28
The Work Goes On.
STANTON PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED
IT HAS MUCH TO DO WITH OUR
WELFARE.


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Mrs. ]. F. Parish, wife of j. F. Par.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-28
Cures Eczema.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-28
A Small Farm for
\ Sale!

Contains about TWELVE ACRES, all
bottom land under cultivation. Situated
on the banks of LITTLE CALF PASTURE
RIVER, at Augusta Springs. Has on IL
seven room dwelling, stable and all neces-
sary outbuiIdings. large, bold spring
of freestone water and an abundance OF
clear running water in every field.
TERMS REASONABLE.
Intending purchasers are invited TO IN
spect the property, or address.
CONRAD WERNER,
iul am Augusta Springs, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-28
CONVENTIONS.

CONNECTIONS.
Train No. connects at HarrisOnburg,
Va, chesapeake Western Junction) with
Valley r. R trains for all points In the
Valley, North or South of Harris0nburg
and for points South or North via Southern
Ry. or Valley R. r., and Harper's Ferry,
B. 60; also via StauntOn, Va, G. d. ..
Train No. connect at Elkton, Va, with
IN, & w. train No. for ali points South,
Southwest and Northwest, via Roanoke,
Va, Winston-Salem, N. c., Bristol, Tenn,
or Columbus. Ohio. ..,
Train No. connects at ElktOn. Va,
N. & W. train No.-4 for Luray, Front Roy
al, Riyerton, Va, Charlestown. w. Va,
Hagerstown, Md, and points North and
East via Hagerstown, Md. and Cumber
land Valley and Western Maryland Il: rs
| Pullman Buffet Sleeping carsthrOugh from
Elkton to New York, via Harrisburg ant
Philadelphia. Pa.
| Train No. 5 will wait at Elkton for N
& W. No. connection, 80 minutes whel
late.
For information as to rates, tickets
routes, etc., apply to any agent OF tn
Chesapeake Western Railway. or
r w jackson. M. l.. Mardis,
Gen. Supt. Supt q Irahc Nc
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-28
Puts an End to it All.

A grievous wall oftimes comes as a
result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs, Dizziness. backache,
liver complaint and constipation. But
thanks to DR.. Kings New Life Pills
they put an end end to all. They are
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-28
Once When 1t Was True.

"Noah," said bis wife the day after
they landed, II must have $500 imme-
diately. All my dresses look as if they
had come out of the ark!
Later, she wept to think that, with
such good excuse, she hadn't struck
him for 81 ,000.-New York Sun.